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Article: Diet pill offers hope with FDA approval; First over-the-counter weight-loss drug approved by the feds blocks fat absorption.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- June 15, 2007
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Byline: TINA SHAH - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - For two years, George Hegedus has avoided expensive diet plans and made it to the gym barely three times a week. At 270 pounds, the Coconut Creek, Fla., resident said he needs something to help combat the fat calories.
So when alli, the first federally approved over-the-counter diet pill, hit South Florida drugstore shelves Thursday, he drove to a Walgreens on his lunch hour and bought a starter pack: 90 pills at $59.99.
"I hope it helps take calories off, but it's not a magic pill," said Hegedus, 42, an engineer.
South Florida drugstores reported growing consumer ...