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Article: Smaller waistline vs. side effects - 'Alli' diet drug debuts.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- June 15, 2007
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Byline: Barbara Feder Ostrov and Saqib Rahim
Jun. 15--Vivian Cota leaned on her shopping cart in the diet aisle of a San Jose Walgreens, eyeing the thick, locked plastic case labeled "Alli."
She has tried numerous other boxes on this shelf -- the green tea supplements, the 10-day Hoodia diet. And now, it's time for something new.
"I'm very interested in this," said the 65-year-old San Jose woman, unhappy that the drug couldn't be purchased until today. "You reach a plateau, and then you have to try something else."
As Alli, the first FDA-approved diet drug cleared for over-the-counter sale, arrives in drugstores nationwide today, ...