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Alli diet pills serious side effect

Hi I used to take alli last year for maybe 2-2.5 months last year then stopped and took some for a week in march this year.

Though I stopped taking them as I noticed one of the serious side affects were hepatitis.

Does anyone know what types of hepatitis can be contracted by taking alli tablets . I can't seem to find many stories online of people who have contracted hepatitis from these tablets so I'm assuming it's rare

Hopefully someone can shed some light on this

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649848 tn?1534633700
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I think the reason you can't find much on it, is because it doesn't appear to be a real big issue.

I found the following at drugs.com   "Hepatic side effects have included rare reports of an increase in transaminases and in alkaline phosphatase, and exceptional cases of hepatitis. No causal relationship or physiopathological mechanism between hepatitis and orlistat therapy has been established. At least one case of severe hepatic injury has also been reported. Hepatic side effects submitted post-marketing to the FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System have included jaundice, weakness, and abdominal pain. The FDA has not established an association between liver injury and orlistat at this time."

Read more: http://www.drugs.com/sfx/alli-side-effects.html#ixzz0n40lnJWT

I also got a quick glance at one article that said those most likely to get hepatitis from orlistat (the drug in alli) were those who already had the viral hepatitis.  
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Thanks , had a read over that just states some "rare" cases of hepatitis .
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This mentions it:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/dietandfitness/5749974/Slimming-pill-Alli-monitored-over-liver-fears.html
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