Xenical

What is Xenical?

Xenical, which is the branded version of Orlistat, is a popular weight loss medication. It is drug designed to treat obesity, manage weight loss, and for effective weight maintenance. The medication is also used to forestall weight regain after weight loss.

How does Xenical work?

Xenical works by blocking fats consumed and prevents it from being absorbed by the body.

Xenical is a weight loss pill and it effectively reduces the risk of gaining back weight that has already been lost as a result of the weight loss. Patients using the medication must follow a reduced calorie diet for better results.

What are the benefits of Xenical?

Orlistat or Xenical proved useful in rapid weight loss especially for patients who coupled the medication with a low-calorie diet. Obese patients benefit from the drug as it inhibits the absorption of any fat from food consumed thereby useful in weight management among patients with obesity.  It is also good for weight maintenance as it prevents users from regaining lost weight thru effectively blocking fat absorption into the body.

How do I use Xenical?

Xenical is to be used with physician prescribed low-calorie diet program for effective weight loss. It is a weight loss medicine. It is used widely by overweight patients in treating any weight-related medical condition. Losing weight reduces the risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and more.

Always read the product information label if you are using orlistat without prescription. Take the medication as directed by your physician, take the pill by mouth with liquid with each meal that has fats or within one hour after any meal. Take Xenical 3 times a day.

If you should miss a meal, or where you consume a meal with no fat skip a dose of orlistat. Never increase your intake or use the drug more often or for longer than described by your medical doctor.

See your doctor if you experience weight loss within two weeks of starting the regimen. Also, inform your doctor if your condition does not in any way improve or if it becomes worse.

Xenical dosage

A Xenical 120mg capsule should be taken 3 times a day in a fat-reduced meal. Another option is to take one hour after consumption of a meal which has reduced fats.

Patient taking orlistat must have a well-balanced, reduced caloric diet that must have only 30% of fat. Daily consumption of carbs, fat, and protein must be equally distributed throughout the day in 3 meals. Should a meal be missed, or where a no-fat meal consumed, a dose of Xenical may be overlooked.

Other Names (Orlistat and Alli)

This drug goes by two other names, Orlistat and Alli. The difference is whether or not the medication is being sold as branded vs generic, or comes in 120mg vs 60gm capsules. Some require a prescription while others do not, as explained below.

What is Orlistat?

Orlistat is the generic version of Xenical. They contain the same active ingredients. You can buy Orlistat for a price that is cheaper than Xenical because it is generic. There is no difference, as both medicines are sold in 120mg tablets. Both require a prescription to purchase in the UK.

What is Alli?

Alli is a version of Xenical (Orlistat) which comes in a smaller does. Instead of coming in 120mg, it comes in 60mg. For this reason, you can buy Alli over-the-counter in the UK. You can also buy Alli from UK Meds, with overnight shipping most days of the week.

Side effects and precautions 

Xenical, like other weight loss pills, has recorded side effects. Patients under the medication experience a change in their bowel movement caused by the unabsorbed fats. They would see oily stool, fatty spots on their underwear, gas with discharge, and an increased frequency in bowel movement. Users experience very minimal side effects while on orlistat.

Refrain from taking the drug and inform your doctor immediately if you have any of the following serious symptoms as – dark urine, severe stomach pain, yellowing skin or eyes, nausea, vomiting, symptoms of liver ailment, back pain, pain when urinating, bloody urine, or any symptoms similar to kidney problems.

No reported serious allergic reaction was ever had with orlistat. If you experience shortness of breath, rashes, itching, or dizziness see your doctor right away.

Xenical should not be used by pregnant and breastfeeding moms. Anyone with cholestasis, chronic malabsorption syndrome, or those with hypersensitivity to any of the components found in Xenical must refrain from using the pill. It should not be taken by patients aged 18 years and below.

Xenical can interact with other various concomitant drugs such as warfarin, amiodarone, cyclosporine, levothyroxine, antiretroviral, and antiepileptic drugs. Orlistat may reduce cyclosporine effects, and so it must not be administered together.

Those taking orlistat must take multivitamins that are fat soluble to make sure they have balanced nutrition as it has been shown to reduce the absorption of beta carotene and other fat-soluble vitamins.

Some users can develop urinary oxalate after treatment, it is highly recommended to closely monitor renal functioning in some patients especially those with reduced renal function.

There are some recorded but very rare cases of liver injury or acute hepatic failure among patients with liver diseases. Sudden weight loss can result in cholelithiasis. Do not use if you are suffering from hypothyroidism as the cause of obesity is not fat related or induced.

Patients are hereby advised to strictly follow their medical doctor’s dietary guidelines. Some gastrointestinal disruption can occur when orlistat is taken with a diet that is saturated in high fatty contents. If any symptoms persist or any serious side effects occur, contact your physician immediately.

How do I buy Xenical online?

You can safely buy Xenical online at UK Meds. You will need to have first an online consultation with a medical doctor before your order will be supplied. The online consultation will ensure that Xenical is the right medication for your medical condition.