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2. Orlistat - Wikipedia

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   Orlistat, sold under the brand name Xenical among others, is a medication used to treat obesity. Its primary function is preventing the absorption of fats from the human diet by acting as a lipase inhibitor, thereby reducing caloric intake. It is intended for use in conjunction with a healthcare provider-supervised reduced-calorie diet.

3. Anti-obesity medication - Wikipedia

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   e. Orlistat (Xenical), the most commonly used medication to treat obesity and sibutramine (Meridia), a medication that was withdrawn due to cardiovascular side effects. Anti-obesity medication or weight loss medications are pharmacological agents that reduce or control excess body fat. These medications alter one of the fundamental processes of ...

4. Lipase inhibitors - Wikipedia

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   Studies have shown that lipase inhibitors work optimally when 40% of an individual's daily caloric intake is obtained from fat. [1] [clarification needed] Orlistat tends to block absorption of 30% of total fat intake from a meal, as orlistat passes out of the digestive tract more rapidly than fat does. [2]

5. How Long Will It Take to Lose Weight on Metformin?

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   For example, a 2017 study looked at 73 women with obesity who either took 1000mg of metformin or 360mg of orlistat — another weight loss medication — for three months. Although the group ...

6. Roche to fast-track weight loss drugs to compete with rivals ...

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   Roche is among a growing number of would-be rivals to Novo and Eli Lilly, whose weight-loss injections have been in feverish demand, with experts boosting their sales forecasts for such treatments ...

7. How does Wegovy work? The ‘game changing’ weight loss drug ...

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   Wegovy, the brand name used for Semaglutide, is a weight loss drug developed and owned by Novo Nordisk. Semaglutide works in terms of weight loss by suppressing a person appetite. The drug has ...

8. Discovery and development of gastrointestinal lipase ...

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   [5] [8] [9] For that reason orlistat was chosen over lipstatin for development as an anti-obesity drug. [1] [10] It is the only available FDA-approved oral lipase inhibitor and is known on the market as Xenical and Alli. [5] Initially orlistat was developed as a treatment for dyslipidemia, not as an anti-obesity agent. When researchers found ...

9. Oprah Winfrey says she uses weight-loss drug ‘as I ... - AOL

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   After Oprah Winfrey confirmed she’s taking a weight-loss drug as part of her regimen to stay healthy, questions began about how exactly she’s using the medication. Winfrey didn’t specify ...