Reductil is a drug which contains a chemical called Sibutramine
hydrochloride.
Sibutramine hydrochloride was discovered as a potential drug
in 1987. For many years it was tested to help depression but
test results were rumoured to be poor. In 1995, during tests
a common side effect of the drug was weight loss and in 1997
it was approved by the FDA in the US to be used to treat obosity
and not depression.
Reductil is a drug which should be taken to 'lose weight'.
It works by making you feel satisfied with eating less which
makes Reductil the ideal drug for people to lose weight. Reductil
should work within 3 months and you should take Reductil for
no-longer than a year.
Reductil should be taken every morning, initially 10mg each
morning (they come in 10mg and 15mg form). If weight loss
is less than 2kg after 4 weeks, this should be increased to
15mg each morning. If weight loss is less than 2kg after 4
weeks further treatment with the higher dose, then treatment
should be stopped.
There are a few side effects with Reductil, the most common
being:
- constipation
- anorexia
- dry mouth
- insomnia (inability to sleep)
Other possible side effects being:
- nausea (feeling sick)
- tachycardia (fast heart beat)
- palpitations
- hypertension (high blood pressure)
- hot flushes
- light-headedness
- feeling of pins and needles
- headache
- anxiety
- sweating
- taste disturbance
- blurred vision
So you can see, Reductil isn't without its problems.
Blood pressure should be monitored closely when taking this
drug, due to the possible side effects such as fast heart
rate.
You should not take Reductil if you:
- History of major eating disorders
- psychiatric illness
- Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
- history of coronary artery disease
- heart failure
- tachycardia
- peripheral arterial occlusive disease
- arrythmias
- cerebrovascular disease
- uncontrolled hypertension
- hyperthyroidism
- prostatic hypertrophy
- phaeochromocytoma
- angle closure glaucoma
- history of drug or alcohol abuse
- you are pregnancy
- you are breast-feeding
- hypersensitivity to sibutramine or any ingredients of
reductil
The overdose danger of Reductil is average.
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