Product Description:

• Orlistat blocks some of the fat that you eat, keeping it from being absorbed by your body.

Uses:

• Orlistat is used to reduce weight .
• helps to decrease the risk of regaining weight already lost.
• This medicine must be used together with a calorie diet and high physical activity.
• Orlistat is for use only in adults that are overweight or obese.

Precautions and warnings:

• Do not take orlistat if you are pregnant.
• You must not use this medicine if you have a digestive disorder .
• Do not use if you have gallbladder problems.
•  Do not use if you have had an organ transplant.
• Do not  use with cyclosporine.
• Do not use if you are not overweight.

Side effects:

common side effects :

• oily  stools.

• oily spotting in your undergarments.

• orange or brown colored oil in your stool.

• gas and oily discharge.

• loose stools.

• inability to control bowel movements.

•  increased number of bowel movements.

• stomach pain.

• nausea.

• rectal pain.

serious side effects:

• severe stomach pain.

• severe pain in your lower back.

• blood in your urine.

• painful or difficult urination.

• signs of kidney problems including little or no urinating.

• swelling in your feet or ankles.

• feeling tired or short of breath.

• signs of liver problems including nausea, upper stomach pain, itching, tired feeling, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice .

 

Ingredients:

• orlistat.

Concentration:

• 120 mg.

Pharmacological classification:

• Weight Management drugs.

Number of capsules:

• 80 capsules

How to Use:

• If you skip a meal or you eat a meal that does not contain any fat, skip your dose for that meal.
• you may need to take a vitamin and mineral supplement while taking this medicine.

Usual Adult Dose for Obesity:

• one capsule orally three times a day with each main meal containing fat. The dose may be taken during the meal or within 1 hour of completing the meal.

Usual Pediatric Dose for Obesity:

• 12 years or older:
  one capsule orally three times a day with each main meal containing fat. The dose may be taken during the meal or within 1 hour of completing the meal.

Storage Conditions:

• Store at room temprature.
• Don’t refrigerate.
• Keep this medicine out of reach of children.
• Store in the original package to protect from moisture.
• Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the box.
• The expiry date refers to the last day of the month.