Dont we consider people that are using drugs to induce diarrhea as suffering from bulimia, and in need of medical and psychological help" asks a blogger writing about alli. "Maybe someone should consider repackaging Ipecac into pill form and marketing it as the newest diet plan. "
Even if sales of alli are falling, GlaxoSmithKline managed to turn a profit on a drug that was barely effective, potentially dangerous and definitely disgusting. Thus continues the success of Big Pharmas model of offering drugs that do little to solve real problems but reinforce our cultural tendency to seek a pill for every ill. alli is a perfect example of how the pharmaceutical industry encourages us to try to solve societal and economic problems with pharmaceutical "solutions. "
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