Xenical General Information

Xenical: Medicine for weight loss. Those with heavy weight know how frustrating it is to loss the extra pounds. People go for dieting ,exercise , weight loss program & what not. Heavy weight also leads to other problems like high Blood Pressure, High Sugar & so on. Xenical helps in losing weight & then maintaining it. When we eat extra calories, the extra fat is stored by the body as fats. As you may have heard of how other medicines work, some of them by stopping the appetite & some by increasing metabolism, Xenical works in different way. It stops the body to digest one-third of the fat we eat. So that one-third of the fat is not absorbed by the body is removed from the body by bowel-movement.

Xenical Uses

It helps in reducing the weight by stopping the body to absorb one-third of the fats we eat, thereby removing that extra fat in the bowel-movement.

How Take Xenical

In order to know if you can go for Xenical, You have get your BMI [body mass Index ] checked from the doctor.120 mg is the recommended dose with each main meal that has fats. It should be taken three times a day, & make sure to have low calorie diet.
Take Xenical with food or with 1 hr of taking the food. Before going for Xenical you should discuss following things with your doctor.

• Your commitment level
• Your Body mass Index
• Your diet plan [including distribution of fats in the diet]
• Multi-vitamin requirement.

Xenical Warnings

As Xenical interferes with the absorption process of the body , you should take multi-vitamins daily, especially the ones having with vitamin C , D & K.
Also make sure to have beta-carotene.
These vitamins should be taking 2 hours before or after the Xenical.

Xenical Missed Dose

It's not a regular dose medicine , it should be taken along with the main meal.
If you skip that meal, you can skip the pill also.
If you are having diet with very low fats, again you can skip the pill.

Xenical Side Effects

As it works by disturbing the body's absorption rate, it may lead to changed bowel habits.
It usually happened for the first week of the treatment but some people it may prolong till 6 months.
There may be gas, increased bowel movements, urgent need to have, oily discharge etc

Xenical Overdose

The effect of overdose vary with whether it is taken with food, street drug, alcohol etc
Though it is always good to avoid overdose , still if you had extra Xenical don't worry . It is expected to be safer drug ,not like the other weight loosing drugs. If had too much Xenical , avoid eating fats for few days.

Xenical Storage Advice

It should be kept in a cool & dry place.

Xenical More Information

For US citizens, the insurance will cover the expenses related to Xenical.
So make sure to put your claims.