Question:
Has anyone every taken Alli after have WLS and does it hurt anything to take it?

   — demolady1956 (posted on May 30, 2009)

May 30, 2009
i wouldn't take a product that gives you "gas with oily discharge" and an "inability to control bowel movements" for all the tea in china. if you have the lap band i'm guessing that taking alli is PROBABLY the same as if you took it without having had surgery. however, i would guess that if you've had RNY it is probably unwise to take ALLI. you aren't really able to eat foods that have much fat in them and you're already absorbing fewer nutrients than before. so i wouldn't try it.
   — greenpunchbuggie

May 31, 2009
I had a Gastric Sleeve last year, and my weight loss has pretty much petered out. So my WLS surgeon told me to start taking Alli.
   — cydthekid50

May 31, 2009
Please do yourself a favor and ask your weight loss Dr.! They know best what will help if you do decide to take a weight loss appetite depressant. Sometimes the bad is worse than a few extra pounds.
   — goinup85

June 1, 2009
With RNY you malabsorb fat anyway...This is one of the major reasons for malnutrition of the fat soluble vitamins in the first place! DSers DEPEND on high fat consumption for nutrition...It is UNWISE to be looking for a magic pill AFTER WLS KNOWING that it doesn't exist...The best way to lose weight is "diet and exercise"...Read the bottle of ALLI...somewhere it says to diet and exercise as well! All published diets and diet aids ALL SAY THOSE words...That's because it is the only tried and true method to lose weight...and having WLS is only a small tool to help keep it off with "DIET AND EXERCISE"! LOL just trying to make a point...
   — .Anita R.