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Glaxosmithkline: Diet Pils

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WASHINGTON (AC) -- The Food and Drug Administration approved the first diet pill that can be bought without a prescription in a marketplace dominated by unregulated over-the-counter weight loss supplements, yesterday. GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare plans to begin selling this drug, known as Alli, as early as this summer for an estimated 70 cents per dose. A higher dosed version of this diet pill has been available in the United States since 1999. Alli can result in modest weight loss when used in conjunction with reduced-calorie, low-fat diet and exercise. The FDA said that in GlaxoSmithKline studies, about 28% of individuals testing the drug were able to lose 5 to 10 percent of their body weight. Dr. Charles Ganley, the director of …show more content…

The first over the counter diet pill was approved by the FDA this week. Alli, a weaker form of Xenical is set to be on store shelves by summer. GlaxoSmithKline will release a less strong version of their popular diet pill, Xenical. The drug will be released under the product name Alli. There are diet drugs that are available over the counter now such as herbal supplements and appetite suppressing drugs such as Dexatrim. The effectiveness of these drugs is not known. Herbal supplements like Hoodia have gained popularity in the last few years. However, these medicines are not tested for effectiveness by the FDA and there is no way for consumers to how effective or how dangerous these drugs are. The makers of Xenical wanted to bring the drug to the non-prescription market because sales have declined over the last few years. Xenical is one of the newer diet pills that blocks the absorption of fat; it was approved for prescription usage in 1999. Up until that time, one of the most widely prescribed diet drugs was a combination Phentermine and Fenfluramine better known as Fen-phen. Fen-Phen effected serotonin levels while decreasing a person's appetite. The drug was somewhat effective, but had very serious and sometimes fatal side effects like causing heart valve disease. Fenfluramine was blamed for causing the disorder …show more content…

A lot of women too are now also interested in getting flat abs (though not to the same degree as the men). But if thats the case, then why is it that most people, just cannot get a six-pack, no matter how hard they exercise. Well it all comes down to two primary factors - diet and training. Now lets tackle the diet factor first. An important piece of information that most people who want to get a six pack do not know is that, no matter how hard you workout, you can never out train a bad diet. A lot of athletes fall into the temptation of assuming that because they are so fit, they can eat anything and get away with it, under the mistaken impression that their body "needs the calories". Thats utter rubbish. That type of mindset, especially if it is adopted by recreational exercisers, actually ends up impeding your progress in getting six pack abs. Now, in order to be able to see your six pack, you need to have a body fat thats about 10% (preferably lower), however since the body fat ratio of a lot of people (including the active ones) ranges in the double-digits, must of us will require a bit more work out training and dedeication to a low-fat diet in order to get six pck abs. Diet and Workout training are so intertwined, that you can do every single workout exercise you can think of, and you will still end-up wasting your time if your diet consists mainly of

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