Drug name
Orlistat
Drug Instruction
Orlistat is prescribed to be used together with a decreased-calorie diet and weight maintenance for the treatment of obesity in people who has certain risk factors (such as diabetes, high blood pressure, as well as high cholesterol or triglycerides).
Intake Instructions
Please use the medicine under you health care provider’s strict control. Necessarily perform a check up of the label on the medicine for learning exact dosing instructions. You may think of starting Orlistat if your weight stays the same or more than the weight performed for your height. Please consult your health care provider for more clarifications on medicine use and its safety instructions.
Please make sure to intake Orlistat by mouth with each meal involving fat. Do not exceed taking more than 3 capsules daily.
If a meal is missed or involves no fat, you should not take a dose of Orlistat.
Orlistat may low level your suction of vitamins. Take a multivitamin once a day at bedtime.
Please make sure to inform your health care provider for any questions you may have about the use of Orlistat and its safety measures.
Drug Category and Mechanism
Orlistat stands as a gastrointestinal lipase inhibitor. It functions by blocking the adoption of fats from the diet.
Orlistat is explored for controlling obesity in overweight adults; decreasing the risk of weight recovery after previous weight loss.
Missed Dose
Should you miss a dose of this medicine please take it asap. If you find you have missed the previous dosage when it is almost time for your next dose, you should better skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Taking double or extra doses at once is not recommended. If more than one dose is missed, please contact your attending medical doctor or health care provider.
Storage Instructions
The best conditions to keep the medicine is at between 68 and 77 degrees F (20 and 25 degrees C). The container where the medicine is stored should be tightly closed. It should be also strictly protected from moisture, heat and light. Please make sure to retain the medicine away from pets and children.
Safety Precautions
Taking the medicine is not recommended in case:
you have allergic reactions to any component in Orlistat;
you are not overweight;
you have troubles sucking food or bile flow problems (e.g., cholestasis);
you have been performed an organ transplant;
you take cyclosporine.
Some medical conditions may interact with Minocin. Inform your health care provider or pharmacist if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of the following are applicable
Crucial Information:
Do not exceed more than the recommended dose without a preliminary check up with your health care provider. Please remember that intaking of more than the recommended dose may not assist you lose more weight. It may high level your risk of side effects.
Correct diet and exercise are crucial in order to lose weight and regain it off. Please make sure to follow the diet and exercise program provided and determined to you by your health care provider.
Orlistat is liable to cause changes in your bowel or stool (e.g., gas with oily spotting, loose stools, and more recurring stools). Eating a low-fat diet may assist lessen these side effects.
Please inform your health care provider or dentist that you take Orlistat before you intake any medical or dental care, as well as emergency care and surgery.
Diabetes patients - Orlistat may bring about effects to your blood sugar. Please make sure to perform a check up of blood sugar levels closely. Also ask your health care provider before you perform any changes in the dose of your diabetes medicine.
Orlistat should not be prescribed in children under 18 years old; safety and effectiveness in these children have not yet been explored.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding: please remember that taking Orlistat if you are pregnant is not recommended. If you become pregnant, please immediately contact your health care provider. It is not yet explored if Orlistat outfalls into breast milk. Do not breast-feed at the period of taking Orlistat.
Probable Side Effects
Please perform a preliminary check up with your health care provider if any of these most common side effects resist or become bothersome:
diarrhea; gas with discharge; recurring or loose stools; oily spotting; problems with controlling bowel movements.
Please discuss with your health care provider if any of the mentioned most COMMON side effects afterglow or become or causing bother:
Austere allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; hard breathing; tenseness in the chest; tumor of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); austere or resistant stomach pain.
Extra Information
An important note: This medicine is for you only. Sharing this medicine with others is not recommended.
Please consult your health care provider for more clarifications on medicine use and its safety instructions.
If do not feel the actual improvement of symptoms or they even become worse, please perform an immediate check up with your doctor.