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Orlistat

akindrat18

akindrat18

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Stoke-on-Trent
Type of diabetes
Type 2
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I've just been given a prescription of Orlistat as I have been unable to lose any weight from dieting and doing 30 minutes of brisk walking every day. My mother had me to ask the doctor about any weight loss pills on prescription as 3 years ago I took some fat metaboliser pills for 3 months and lost 18lbs and was down to 17 stone and just obese with a BMI of 32.6, but now I am 23 stone 10 with a BMI of 45.6.

The doctor prescribed it me but said that it won't make you lose anyweight and what it will do is make me go the toilet. Can anyone clarify what Orlistat does as I don't have time to look at it until Monday
 
I'm very surprised the doctor told you that. If you use Orlistat correctly you can actually loose quite bit of weight. I was on it for about 8 months once and lost over 3 stone.

The thing with Orlistat is that you have to be really careful about how much fat you eat per meal. If I remember rightly you shouldn't eat more than 5g of fat per meal otherwise, yes, it does give make you go to the loo. And believe me, it isn't pleasant! It does restrict you quite a lot on what you can eat but if you are willing to stick with it, it does work.

I am really, really surprised that the doctor just told you it would make you go to the loo and didn't go through how to use it properly. I got loads of help when I went on it and even got regular phone calls from the company that make Orlistat to find out how I was doing. It might be worth going back to your doctor and questioning it.
 
SarahBear said:
I'm very surprised the doctor told you that. If you use Orlistat correctly you can actually loose quite bit of weight. I was on it for about 8 months once and lost over 3 stone.

The thing with Orlistat is that you have to be really careful about how much fat you eat per meal. If I remember rightly you shouldn't eat more than 5g of fat per meal otherwise, yes, it does give make you go to the loo. And believe me, it isn't pleasant! It does restrict you quite a lot on what you can eat but if you are willing to stick with it, it does work.

I am really, really surprised that the doctor just told you it would make you go to the loo and didn't go through how to use it properly. I got loads of help when I went on it and even got regular phone calls from the company that make Orlistat to find out how I was doing. It might be worth going back to your doctor and questioning it.
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I went to see my dietitian and she wants to know what my blood results are as she is thinking of putting me on an injectable weight loss aid if my bloods are still too high, but in the meantime I am on Orlistat for a month.
 
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