30 Day Workout Challenge

Xenical is a prescription drug containing the active ingredient orlistat. After reviewing the studies done on orlistat, I started using it for 30 days.

Xenical's orlistat is from Roche Pharmaeuticals. (This is in contract to My Alli's orlistat supplier, which is an unnamed Indian pharmaceutical company.)

Directions: Take 1 capsule, up to 3 a day, with each meal containing fat.

Take a multivitamin once a day at bedtime.

Claims: Fat blocking

Ease of use: The capsule is average size, made of a coating that gets slick easily and goes down well. It has no smell whatsoever. I had no trouble taking it with either food or water.

FDA: Orlistat is approved for both prescription (Xenical) use in a 120 mg dose and over-the-counter (My Alli) use in a 60 mg dose. It is also available by prescription in Canada and over-the-counter in Australia and the EU.

Orlistat is found in prescription Xenical in 120 mg doses and over-the-counter My Alli in 60 mg doses.

Orlistate has been used in a number of fat control and fat loss studies. Trials which used control groups and used patients with uncomplicated obesity (that is patients who did not have obesity due to untreated medical conditions) showed statistically significant differences between the placebo control group and the orlistat group on who achieved more weight loss. Those using orlistat achieved significantly greater results (5% or greater decrease in body mass on average). It not only resulted in more weight loss, it resulted in a decrease in health complications related to being overweight or obese, such as high blood pressure.