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Article: Diet pill sells in debut despite its side effects.
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- Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
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- June 23, 2007
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Byline: Ann Tatko-Peterson
Jun. 23--Only one package of alli, the new diet drug, remained Thursday morning at Long's Drugs in Moraga.
"I wouldn't say it's selling like hot cakes," said pharmacist Pat Thompson, "but it's definitely selling."
GlaxoSmithKline, the drug's manufacturer, doesn't release specific sales data, but a company spokesperson says that sales have gone very well during alli's first week.
A week may have gone by, but the buzz has yet to dissipate over the first FDA-approved over-the-counter diet drug. And between the pill's wide availability and its notoriously nasty side effects, it appears the debate about its ...