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Below are Meridia (Sibutramine) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 7 ratings/reviews, Meridia has an overall score of 7.29. The effectiveness score is 7.14 and the side effect score is 8.57. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Meridia review by 49 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Marginally Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | weight loss |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10mg taken 1/day for the period of 1 month |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | This drug initially provided a modest suppression of appetite. However, within one week my appetite was as great as ever. Given that this medication is not covered by insurance, its virtual ineffectiveness is particularly noteworthy. |
| Side effects: | | none |
| Comments: | | Patient is supposed to take it first thing in the morning so that its time release qualites have the longest impact. One is told that after a month or so you may need to boost your dosage to continue to experience benefits. However, for me, the benefit lasted only 1 week! Not worth it! |
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| | Meridia review by 26 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Over eating, reduce wieght gain |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10mg taken once daily for the period of 3 months |
| Other conditions: | | high cholesterol, hypoglycemia |
| Other drugs taken: | | pantoprazole | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Decreased meal size, felt more satisfied when I ate and felt fuller quicker. Didn't get hunger urges as often and started to loose weight as decreased my calorie intake |
| Side effects: | | Insomnia, headaches, nausea, increased heart rate |
| Comments: | | Reductil gave me a motivational start to healthy eating and decreasing my portion sizes. Because of low sugar levels I always feel hungry and it gave me some relief as I didnt get hungry as often and when I ate, I couldnt eat as much, but I felt satisfied. I felt that the effects of the drug started to ware off after a few months but now I dont take it anymore as I have lost about 5 kilos and want to continue to lose another 5 through healthy controlled eating and exercise. I feel I can control my eating a bit better and realised that the overeating was creating the roller coaster ride, so I think the drug helped me mentally with portion control and now I tell myself as I have created the habbit with better eating habbits. |
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| | Meridia review by 57 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Marginally Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | weight loss |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10 mg a day taken daily for the period of 2 mos |
| Other conditions: | | heartburn |
| Other drugs taken: | | prilosec | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Definitely lifted mood. Helped me feel full and able to turn down unhealthy snacks. Helped me eat reasonable portions. |
| Side effects: | | Occasional headache. Mild occasional insomnia |
| Comments: | | Taken once a day it acts as a mood lifter and helps you feel full with less food. It helped me take off a few pounds. However, it is only a tool and patient has to be diligent about monitoring hunger and deciding to limit portions. It's easy to "eat around" the drug and overeat. For short term weight loss or to help lose 10 -15 lbs it is great. VERY expensive...$125 for one months supply. |
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| | Meridia review by 33 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | OBESITY |
| Dosage & duration: | | 15MG taken once a day for the period of 2 MONTHS |
| Other conditions: | | OVERWEIGHT |
| Other drugs taken: | | NONE | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | WEIGHT LOSS 2 STONE |
| Side effects: | | IN THE BEGINNING WEEK OR SO I DID NOTICE THAT I WAS STAREING ALOT AND I DIDNT GET OVEREXCITED ABOUT ANYTHING, AND MY SLEEP PATTERNS WERE BETTER,AS I HAVE ALWAYS HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING, I WAS VERY CALM. THEN IN TO THE NEXT WEEK, EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL AND I FELT NO SIDE EFFECTS. |
| Comments: | | I TOOK REDUCTIL TO LOOSE WEIGH AS IT IS AN APPITITTE SUPPRESANT, I T WORKED AND I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. IT HELPED START A HEALTHIER ME. OH YES YOU MUST REMEMBER TO DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AT LEAST 3/4 PINTS A DAY. |
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| | Meridia review by 19 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | wanted to drop about 30 lbs |
| Dosage & duration: | | once a day (dosage frequency: once a day (morning)) for the period of i'm on my fourth week |
| Other conditions: | | slightly overweight |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | the first week it did help supress my cravings, but my stomache felt hungry. as soon as i did eat, i would realize how hungry i really was. i lost 4 lbs in my first week. second week, no hunger pains and still no cravings. i'm on my third week and i've lost 7 lbs. |
| Side effects: | | mild insomnia. mild headaches only occasionally. a major one for me is i get dizzy when i stand up. oh, and more sweating with physical activity. |
| Comments: | | i take it in the morning. i COULD go about 700 calories a day with this pill but to make sure my metabolism doesn't get messed up, i try to eat about 1200. and i'm still losing weight. i would reccomend this to younger users, but over the age of 18 only. |
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| | Meridia review by care giver of 21 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | obesity |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10mg taken once a day for the period of 4 months |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | She has taken so may pills before to lose weight but only meridia has given her a significant decrease in her weight. Her weight was 140lbs and went down to 125 in as little as 3 months. |
| Side effects: | | N/A |
| Comments: | | Meridia was taken once a day before meal....She lost a significant weight. She also engage herself to some exercises as part of her weight lose program |
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| | Meridia review by 60 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | overweight |
| Dosage & duration: | | 10 mg taken once daily for the period of three months |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none regularly | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Lost 15 pounds and did not feel hungry while taking the medicine. On days that I forgot to take a capsule, I did feel hungry and it was not as easy to stick to my diet. |
| Side effects: | | There were no side effects that I could trace directly to Meridia. Mild constipation is a possible side effect, but that could also have been due to dehydration. |
| Comments: | | I took one Meridia first thing in the morning and then stuck to a sensible diet for the day. If I took the Meridia too late in the day, it did keep me from sleeping well that night. |
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