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Brand Name: Xenical

Generic Names: Orlistat, Generic Xenical

Xenical (generic name Orlistat) is a prescription weight-loss medication that prevents fat in food from being absorbed into the body and is useful for the long-term treatment of significant obesity.

How To Take Xenical and Xenical Dosage and Administration

Xenical is taken with each meal (three times a day). The daily fat intake should be divided equally between those three meals, thus enabling the best benefit from Xenical. Xenical pills are swallowed with water.

Xenical Side Effects

Xenical Precautions and Contraindications

This medicine can cause changes in your bowel habits, such as fatty or oily stools, due to the elimination of undigested fat in your stool. Xenical reduces the absorption of supplements of some fat soluble nutrients, particularly beta-carotene and vitamin E. You should therefore follow your doctor's advice in taking a well balanced diet rich in fruit and vegetables. Allergy to Xenical or chronic malabsorption syndromes such as sprue or steatorrhea. Xenical is not intended to be used in children or pregnant and nursing women.

Xenical Drug Interactions

Very few interactions have been reported for Xenical. However, Xenical can decrease the amount of cyclosporine (brand names Sandimmune and Neoral) in your body when taken together. If you take cyclosporine, you should separate your dose of Xenical by at least two hours. In addition, your doctor should monitor your blood levels. Also, although Xenical does not interact with Coumadin (generic name Warfarin), Xenical may increase the effects of Coumadin by preventing the absorption of vitamin K. Talk to your doctor if you are taking Coumadin.

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