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Below are Xenical (Orlistat) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 5 ratings/reviews, Xenical has an overall score of 6. The effectiveness score is 5.60 and the side effect score is 6.80. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Xenical review by 32 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Moderately Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Overweight |
| Dosage & duration: | | 120mg taken twice daily for the period of 1 year |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | birth control (yasmin) | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Lost 10 pounds. |
| Side effects: | | Oily stools, gas, bloating. Learned to avoid greasy foods. I experienced no other side effects. |
| Comments: | | I took a 120mg pill after any meal with fat (2-3 times daily). It seemed like over time, since my body was aborbing less calories i started to crave less. The only problem was that without modifying my diet, the weight came back after i quit taking the drug. It is also expensive, and although it does work I am not sure it is worth the high price. |
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| | Xenical review by 32 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Marginally Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Weight Loss |
| Dosage & duration: | | 60 mg taken 2 times a day for the period of 3 months |
| Other conditions: | | None |
| Other drugs taken: | | None | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | The treatment benefits was a minimal weight loss, but not nearly as much as I expected. |
| Side effects: | | I mainly experienced the following side effects: diarrhea, stomach cramps, indigestion, flatulence, oily stool, defecation urgency. |
| Comments: | | I think is a good medication if you follow a good planned diet, but don't expect to loose too much weight if you only take the pill and don't cut your calories or exercise more often.
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| | Xenical review by 42 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | weight loss |
| Dosage & duration: | | 120mg taken once a day for the period of when needed |
| Other conditions: | | None |
| Other drugs taken: | | None | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Through use of the drug and the side effects its produced, I was made much more aware of the level of fat I was consuming with my meals and took measures to reduce the intake |
| Side effects: | | Oil in stool |
| Comments: | | I was to take one dose and a full glass of water at each of three meals per day. I came to find out that taking the drug once a day (with lunch) was effective enough to receive the benefits. It was rare that I took it twice a day and never three times a day. |
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| | Xenical review by 27 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | obesity |
| Dosage & duration: | | 120mg with every meal containing fats taken 2-3 times a day for the period of 6 months |
| Other conditions: | | n/a |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Lost 8 kg during 6 months, which would have been more if eating healthier and exercising. |
| Side effects: | | Strong and first difficult to control bowel movements |
| Comments: | | This drug makes your body to reject about 30% of fats that you intake with your meals. But you still get the rest of it. What happens with 30% - it comes out and sometimes it is quite an embarrassing experience. Got to control it later, mainly by cutting off food that was reach on fats. Maybe if cut fats alltogether, wouldnt have needed Xenical. |
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| | Xenical review by 30 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Ineffective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | obesity |
| Dosage & duration: | | 120mg taken twicwe a day for the period of five weeks |
| Other conditions: | | n/a |
| Other drugs taken: | | birth control/ terbisil | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | I really didnt lose any weight even though I cut my caloric intake. I stopped snacking and in general ate less and went for walks when possible |
| Side effects: | | I had only mild side effects such as oily stools and I couldnt hold it I just had to go when I felt like it |
| Comments: | | I took the pills twice a day as I tried to have only two meals per day |
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