I have also tried Xenical about 6 years ago ... it just wasn't worth it ... what can i say I enjoy food and I like to treat mysel every now and then ... with that pill it was not letting me do that .. my stomach was constantly upset and I made more trips to the bathroom then a pregnant lady .. unfortunately I wasn't going pee. A friend of mine just tried it as well and I think she lasted about a week and it was upsetting hr stomach to much. I guess for people it works, for others it doesn't.
I wouldn't try it again!

I can totally relate. I was on Xenical in 2000.... bad side effects kicked in at work. Let's just say offensively odored anal leakage in knit pants at a law firm in the middle of the day do not a nice afternoon make. LOL and that happened to me twice in one week!

Wow I am so glad I stumbled onto this thread!!! I was feeling really desperate and was going to get my doc to prescribe xenical...I think for the moment I will pass...I work someplace where its not always convenient to run to the toilet...LOL

I was on xenical for 2 months last summer. Two months of stomach cramps, gas, oily stools and a couple of accidents. All because I wanted to lose weight. I lost 10lbs. It promptly found me again as soon as I went off it! It was not worth the agony!!!

um....yeah..."accidents"...I was on it in 2000 and had one IN FRONT OF MY CHURCH while leading worship...how horrible...literally, you will poop your pants.

I have a friend who lost over a hundred pounds on xenical. I have lost thirty so far.

Yes it has some side effects but none that will kill you that I know of. YOu will get gas, bloating and diahreaa. That is what happens to me if I eat too much fatty foods. It is not meant to teach you to lose so much as to teach you to chose your foods wisely.
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I enjoy food too but I need to lose weight and what is more important? Enjoying food or losing weight when you have health problems. I rarely get the skids when I watch what I eat. My friend got the skids twice in a year but she went from a size 24 to a ten.

I was on Xenical a few years ago and ended up wearing a sanitary pad on occasions so I wouldn't have an "embarrassing moment" in public. After taking them for a few months, I started having blood in my stools. I blamed it on the Xenical, the doctor said no so I had a colonoscopy. they didn't find anything, I stopped taking Xenical and haven't had any problems since. I still think it was the Xenical so I wouldn't recommend it.

It just seems to me that eating a diet low in fat is better and surely less expensive. I've been on a low fat diet for three weeks now, and in TOPS for the same amount of time. So far I've lost 13 pounds. I'm never hungry and feel so much better.

THAT would be enough to make me stop taking it!

Hi,
I used xen for several months last year and it worked great for me! I lost 50lbs over those months and felt great. The side effects really only affected me when I cheated, but I felt that was more of an incentive to remember NOT to cheat again. It really did sort of train me not to eat fatty foods and FORCED me to learn to eat healthier. My insurance picked up the cost too.

My experience was that I got to a weight where I was feeling comfortable, then the personal excuses started rolling in (I'm sick, I'm tired, It's been a long week, I'll start again tomorrow, Monday, next week). I stopped taking the pills then gained some weight back. That was through nobody's fault but my own. If I had stuck with it I would not have gained weight back.

I started SBD in Feb this year and lost 30lbs so far with that and regular exercise. I don't regret my xen experience b/c it taught me how to cook and eat lf. What I'm saying is, go for it if it works for you! Good luck and happy xening!!

I'm truly glad that this post exist. I got my Xenical on Monday and started today (Friday 4/8/05)...so let's see how it goes. I'm scared of the discharge, but I'm one of those people who generally eats healthy during the week, little fats, but may indulge on Friday or Saturday. I'm concerned as to why should I take Xenical if I hardly eat any fats... I eat salads w/ regular salad dressing and cheese, a meat, maybe fruits, a little bread, but nothing just right out greasy or fatty. But because I have over 100 lbs to lose, I'm hoping that SOME fat regardless of what type it is will come out through my stool. I feel the same way as the lady above said, that its more of a laxative than anything, but I agree it will make me more conscious of my eating habits. I also do aerobics 5 days a week. Because I way more than most of you guys and I hope to be the BIGGEST LOSER.. I will definitely post my results in the weeks to come!

Have you had your thyroid checked? Are you actually exercising? Losing weight has to be a combo of both. Correct cooking, I mean cooking with no fat also helps. I did invest in a george foreman grill too. I have lost some and have much more to go but I am an xenical user. I have lost about 35 lbs on it and have to lose about 80 more, at least or to where I feel better.

My complaint about people talking about the side effects is when they say "poop your pants" because it is very deceiving. It is not BM that comes out (for those of you that don't know this) it is instead, a bright orange (and gross smelling) oil. It stains your toilet, stains your panties. It is gross, gross, gross!

I was on it for 2 months and just hated it. It just soooooooooo wasn't worth it!

Stef

It's day 4 for me on Xenical and the side effects have kicked in but to me they are not THAT bad. I mean I have access to a bathroom, so if I feel it coming, imma runnin...it's that plain and simple. Yes it smells, but doesn't all waste out of our body smell. I've never messed up my clothing b/c I wear large pantyliners for long day wear and they work wonderfully. I'm very impressed by what it has been able to do for me in such a short time. My eating habits have calm down now, at first it was my ticket to eat fatty foods, but I'm back on the healthy kick now while limiting my fat intake as the prescription recommends. If any one else has some good tips, etc. that would be great!

I started xenical this week. I've had side effects a bit, really just once...but it was after eating wings, which honestly I just wanted to see what I could and couldn't eat. Now I know!

All in all i don't mind it, I work from home so the bathroom is not an issue....not that I find myself having 'emergencies' or anything like that, the side effects for me have been generally mild.....I think it's different for everyone.