# Doc, I like you but anal leakage, no way **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 25, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110 "2008-02-25T19:48:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/1 "2008-02-25T19:48:16Z")
Not a big rant, just an irritant. My family dr who I adore, mentioned when I went to see her last week concerning trying to get a COX-2 inhibitor for my bad left knee so I could get back into the swing of walking on the office treadmills for exercise that she thought I should give Alli (used to be Meridia, a prescription fat blocking pill) a go. Uhm…let’s see. Anal leakage? Yes. Unexpected, sudden bowel movements? Yup, still there despite the OTC version being a lower dose than when it was Rx only. Hmm. No. Not on your life, doc. I have no trouble with the idea of having to be on a really low-fat diet for the medicine to not cause me problems. I’m trying to watch fat and calories now, cut back on the junk food, etc, exercise more, the whole schmeer. But when there’s a good chance that even after being very, very careful about the fat in what I eat else I’ll have to wear Depends for the next zillion years, no thank you. She knows I have a very touchy stomach and GI tract, the one reason why we’re trying to convince the insurance company I’d be better off on a COX-2 inhibitor instead of major doses of Rx only NSAIDs, but for her to bring that up? Meh! ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/2 "2008-02-25T20:14:49Z")
You’re pitting your doctor for making a suggestion you don’t like? She didn’t insist you take it, did she? Force it down your throat? Mock you for declining it? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/3 "2008-02-25T20:24:04Z")
Really. Just say no. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/4 "2008-02-25T20:36:08Z")
Easy now, guys- it did start with [QUOTE=BaneSidhe] Not a big rant, just an irritant. [/QUOTE] Sheesh… ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/5 "2008-02-25T20:39:02Z")
Well yeah, I wasn’t trying to bandwagon the OP, just kind of thinking that would have been my answer. My doc is very good at telling me all about any medication’s side effects, then letting me decide if I want to try it. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/6 "2008-02-25T20:49:12Z")
I think you’re looking at this all wrong. Sure, “unexpected, sudden bowel movements” would have some downsides, but they’d also add a thrill of unpredictability and excitement to otherwise routine days. A quick trip to the grocery store would no longer be a mundane chore but rather a daring spin at the stinky wheel of chance. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/7 "2008-02-25T20:55:09Z")
Well, I’ll chime in. I use Alli. I have no idea how much it’s helped, as I’m exercising tons and eating right, but I figured, what the hell. I guess I use common sense - if I’m going to eat a high fat meal, for instance, I don’t take it. I don’t take it with restaurant meals, just in case. So far I’ve lost over 25 pounds since Jan 1. I don’t know if I’ll keep taking it, but we’ll see. Oh, yes, and just to verify, no I have not had anal leakage, and I have not shit my pants. I feel good telling you all that… sort of proud. I’m an Alli-using-non-pants-shitter. Go me! ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/8 "2008-02-25T20:57:55Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] Well, I’ll chime in. I use Alli. I have no idea how much it’s helped, as I’m exercising tons and eating right, but I figured, what the hell. I guess I use common sense - if I’m going to eat a high fat meal, for instance, I don’t take it. I don’t take it with restaurant meals, just in case. So far I’ve lost over 25 pounds since Jan 1. I don’t know if I’ll keep taking it, but we’ll see. Oh, yes, and just to verify, no I have not had anal leakage, and I have not shit my pants. I feel good telling you all that… sort of proud. I’m an Alli-using-non-pants-shitter. Go me! [/QUOTE] The makers of “Oops I Crapped My Pants!” will be very saddened by this news. Great work Fluid! that is a great accomplishment! (The 25 pounds that is…but I suppose the not going in your pants bit is good too) ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/9 "2008-02-25T21:00:08Z")
Thanks. Yeah, I have never had any problems with Olestra either, despite the fervent fun-making I’ve read. However… for those of you who are idiots, like a certain nameless friend of mine, please do not feed lots of Olestra Pringles to a basset hound puppy. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/10 "2008-02-25T21:11:48Z")
If you find that you _must_ endure this medicine, you can join this [“area senior”](http://www.theonion.com/content/news/area_senior_remembers_a_simpler) in remembering a simpler time when your anus didn’t leak. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/11 "2008-02-25T21:12:20Z")
[QUOTE=jacquilynne] She didn’t insist you take it, did she? Force it down your throat? [/QUOTE] That is SO not the image I wanted 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/12 "2008-02-25T21:20:35Z")
How _much_ leakage? I mean is it like enough to water a fern or are we talking Spindletop? ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/13 "2008-02-25T21:24:17Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] “a daring spin at the stinky wheel of chance” [/QUOTE] I love this. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/14 "2008-02-25T21:40:15Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] Thanks. Yeah, I have never had any problems with Olestra either, despite the fervent fun-making I’ve read. However… for those of you who are idiots, like a certain nameless friend of mine, please do not feed lots of Olestra Pringles to a basset hound puppy. Ever. [/QUOTE] Heh. I was working at Monsanto back when they were trialing the very first fat-substitute products. They sent everyone at the HQ some sort of sample chips – Doritos, maybe? Meetings at HQ were very, very amusing that month. For those of us from the plant, who _didn’t_ get the pooping chips, and probably could have read the warning labels. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/15 "2008-02-25T21:57:54Z")
The pooping chips! 😛 This thread was a nice suprise. Way more fun than I ever thought anal leakage could be. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/16 "2008-02-25T22:05:20Z")
[Anal Seepage](http://www.rathergood.com/seepage/) ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_Schmeese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Marconi\_Schmeese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_Schmeese)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/17 "2008-02-25T22:52:38Z")
Alli is NOT Meridia. It’s prescription name is Xenical. Get your shit straight. No pun intended. ---
**Author:** ![Cattitude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Cattitude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cattitude)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/18 "2008-02-26T13:55:14Z")
I’ve used Alli. Honestly, all the shrieking about anal leakage is overkill. I never, ever had a problem with it. You’re supposed to limit your fat intake at each meal to around 15 grams. Like **fluiddruid** said, if you eat a fattier meal, don’t take it. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/19 "2008-02-26T22:11:46Z")
Like I said, just something that irritated me, nothing else. And I apologize for screwing up what medicine Alli is called. Had the damn name written down correctly and still got it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110/20 "2008-02-27T15:52:40Z")
Well, you’d definitely lose weight. I mean, you’d be scared to eat, one imagines. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-i-like-you-but-anal-leakage-no-way/439110.md?page=2)