# Xenical banned?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenical-banned/6078>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 12, 2000, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenical-banned/6078 "2000-01-12T03:21:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenical-banned/6078/1 "2000-01-12T03:21:00Z")

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I was looking on ebay, and one of the featured auctions (for some kind of weight loss pill) said:

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## You may have been like me and used Pondimin or one of the other Prescription drugs such as Redux, Phen/Fen or Xenical, but now, do the the health risks, they have been banned.

Were these drigs actually banned?

I was starting to really like all the joking about Xenical’s side effects.

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Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.

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**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenical-banned/6078/2 "2000-01-12T04:05:00Z")

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Several appetite suppressants are being examined, one or two are banned. But Xenical works a different way, there’s no connection there.

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**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenical-banned/6078/3 "2000-01-12T05:39:00Z")

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I know it’s a completely diffetent drug, but was it banned?

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Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenical-banned/6078/4 "2000-01-12T06:32:00Z")

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No, Xenical is available. You can find information about it in magazines, on tv, and, of course, on the web.

Here’s some web information: [Xenical](http://www.loop.com/~bkrentzman/meds/xenical/xenical.bzk.html)

your humble TubaDiva

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“Life isn’t what should be, it’s what is.”-- Lenny Bruce

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenical-banned/6078/5 "2000-01-12T23:37:00Z")

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I see that “you may shit your pants” ad constantly, I doubt they would continue to advertise a banned drug.