Drug Name

Orlistat

Drug Uses

Orlistat is used together with a reduced-calorie diet as well as weight maintenance to treat obesity in people with confident risk factors (such as diabetes, high blood pressure, as well as high cholesterol or triglycerides).

How Taken

Take Orlistat as directed by your doctor.

• Read the chart on the medicine package. You may consider starting Orlistat incase your weight is the alike or more than the weight shown for your height. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist incase you possess any questions.
• Take Orlistat by mouth with each meal containing overweight. Do not take more than 3 capsules daily.
• Incase a meal is missed or contains no overweight, do not take a dose of Orlistat.
• Orlistat may decrease your absorption of vitamins. Take a multivitamin once a day at bedtime.

Ask your health care provider any questions you may possess about how to take Orlistat.

Drug Class as well as Mechanism

Orlistat is a gastrointestinal lipase inhibitor. It works by blocking the digestion of fats from the diet.

Orlistat is indicated for managing obesity in overweight adults; reducing the risk of weight regain after previous weight loss.

Missed Dose

Incase you miss a dose of Orlistat, take it as soon as you remember. Continue to take it as directed by your doctor.

Storage

Store Orlistat at room temperature, between 68 as well as 77 degrees F (20 as well as 25 degrees C). Store away from heat, moisture, as well as light. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep in a close, light-resistant container. Keep Orlistat out of the reach of children as well as away from pets.

Warnings/Precautions

Do not take Orlistat if:

• you are allergic to any ingredient in Orlistat;
• you are not overweight;
• you possess problems absorbing food or bile flow problems (e.g., cholestasis);
• you possess received an organ transplant;
• you take cyclosporine.

Contact your doctor or health care provider fair away incase any of these apply to you.

Important :

• Do not take more than the recommended dose without checking with your doctor. Using more than the recommended dose may not help you lose more weight. It may increase your risk of side effects.
• Proper diet as well as exercise are substantial in order to lose weight as well as keep it off. Follow the diet as well as exercise program given to you by your health care provider.
• Orlistat may cause changes in your bowel or stool (e.g., gas with oily spotting, unconstrained stools, more repeated stools). Eating a low-fat diet may help lessen these side effects.
• Tell your doctor or dentist that you take Orlistat before you receive any health examination or dental care, emergency care, or surgery.
• Diabetes patients - Orlistat may affect your blood sugar. Check blood sugar levels closely. Ask your doctor before you change the dose of your diabetes medicine.
• Orlistat should not be used in children younger than 18 years old; safety as well as effectiveness in these children possess not been confirmed.
• Pregnancy as well as breast-feeding: Do not take Orlistat incase you are pregnant. Incase you become pregnant, contact your doctor. It is not known incase Orlistat is found in breast milk. Do not breast-feed while using Orlistat.

Likely Side Effects

Check with your doctor incase any of these most ordinary side effects persist or become bothersome:

• diarrhea; gas with discharge; repeated or unconstrained stools; oily spotting; trouble controlling bowel movements.

Seek health examination attention fair away incase any of these very bad side effects occur:

• very bad allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); very bad or persistent stomach pain.

More Information

Orlistat is to be used only by the patient for whom it is prescribed. Do not share it with other people.

If your symptoms do not improve or incase they become worse, check with your doctor.