This medicine is effective in helping patients to loose weight in order to improve their health and self-esteem. Orlistat is an effective weight loss medication. By limiting the number of calories your body absorbs, you are forcing your body to take in fewer calories while consuming your normal amount.
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What is Orlistat?
Orlistat is a medication used to help with weight loss or weight management. It works by blocking the absorption of some of the fat you consume in your diet. Specifically, it inhibits an enzyme called lipase, which is responsible for breaking down fats in the digestive system. By blocking this enzyme, orlistat prevents about 25% of the fat you eat from being absorbed and instead, it passes out of your body in your stool. Orlistat is often used alongside a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity to help people with obesity or overweight issues lose weight.
How does Orlistat Work?
It works by blocking the absorption of fats. This means when you eat food, you will not absorb the fats which are consumed. In a nutshell, it leaves behind the carbohydrates and proteins for your calories, while passing the fats through your system unused. This means you are not gaining calories from fat.
How is Orlistat Used?
Orlistat tablets are taken orally after each meal, potentially three times a day depending on how often you have meals. If you skip a meal, you can skip the Orlistat tablet. This is because it is only effective when you consume a meal. It is typically taken as 120mg capsules up to one hour after every meal.
Dosage
Orlistat 120 mg capsules are taken one capsule up to three times daily if required.
They should be taken immediately before or up to one hour after meals.
If you have a low fat meal or skip a main meal there is no need to take Orlistat; it only works when you have eaten a meal containing dietary fat.
Orlistat should be used alongside a low-fat, calorie-controlled diet to produce the greatest effects and reduce adverse effects.
Side effects from Orlistat may include:
abdominal pains, bloating or wind, the urgent need to open the bowels and oily, fatty, or liquid stools. These side effects are most common at the start of treatment and are most likely to occur after eating a high-fat meal.
Important: By restricting your intake of dietary fat to less than 15g per main meal you will decrease the chances of these side effects.
Active ingredients
The active ingredient in Orlistat is orlistat.
Inactive ingredients
The inactive ingredients in Orlistat are cellulose microcrystalline PH 112,sodium starch glycolate (type A), silica, colloidal anhydrous, sodium laurilsulfate, gelatine, titanium dioxide (E171) and indigo carmine (E132).
Orlistat 120mg capsules
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