Weight Loss

ONE to be taken THREE times daily WITH MEALS

Xenical capsules only work when there is fat present in your diet. If you miss a main meal or if you have a meal containing no fat, you should not take the tablets. those with active cancer or those with 3 years of cancer remission.

Weight loss may also affect the dose of medicines taken for other conditions. Be sure to advise your prescriber of any other medicines you may be taking. those with active cancer or those with 3 years of cancer remission.

Do not use Xenical if you are allergic to orlistat or to any of the other ingredients of Xenical those with active cancer or those with 3 years of cancer remission.

Do not use Xenical if you have chronic malabsorption syndrome, if you have cholestasis (a form of liver disease which reduces or prevents the flow of bile from your liver), if you are pregnant or breast-feeding those with active cancer or those with 3 years of cancer remission.

Inform your doctor if you suffer from problems with your kidney. those with active cancer or those with 3 years of cancer remission.

Headache, abdominal pain/discomfort, urgent or increased need to open the bowels, flatulence (wind) with discharge, oily discharge, oily or fatty stools, liquid stools

Low blood sugar levels and bloating (experienced by some people with type 2 diabetes)

Rectal pain/discomfort, soft stools, incontinence (stools), tooth/gum disorder, irregularity of menstrual cycle, tiredness.

Microcrystalline cellulose (E460), sodium starch glycolate (type A), povidone (E1201), sodium laurilsulfate and talc. The capsule shell consists of gelatine, indigo carmine (E132), titanium dioxide (E171) and edible printing ink.

This medicine can cause harmless changes in your bowel habits, such as fatty or oily stools, due to the elimination of undigested fat. The possibility of this happening may increase if Xenical is taken with a diet high in fat.

Your daily intake of fat should be distributed evenly over three main meals because if Xenical is taken with a meal very high in fat, the possibility of gastrointestinal effects may increase.

The use of an additional contraceptive method is recommended to prevent possible failure of oral contraception that could occur in case of severe diarrhoea.

Please read the enclosed Patient Information Leaflet for full details of side effects which may occur

No special storage requirements .