Weight gain and obesity can increase your risk of developing other serious health conditions, including hypertension, type 2 diabetes, stroke, cancer and coronary heart disease. It can also affect your mental and emotional health and wellbeing, decreasing your self-esteem and confidence and increasing the risk of depression.
Gaining control over your weight and maintaining a healthy BMI brings with it a range of different benefits, including feeling more energetic, feeling more confident, better sleep and finding physical activity easier. You can also help prevent the risk of chronic health conditions such as diabetes, problems with blood pressure and heart disease.
One of the best and most enduring ways to lose weight is to get more exercise and eat more healthily, but there are weight loss medications available that you can take to help you hit your goals.
If you have a BMI of 30 or over (or 28, when taking into consideration other risk factors and conditions), you will be eligible for these treatments.
You will need to have a consultation with one of our professional and fully qualified pharmacists, who will then be able to provide you with the most appropriate medication for you and provide you with ongoing support throughout your weight loss journey.
In terms of medication to take, there is Xenical, which is available in capsule and tablet form, taken to aid weight loss.
Its active ingredient is orlistat, which prevents the body from absorbing fat. If taken regularly, while following a balanced diet, exercising regularly and eating healthily, it can increase the chances of weight loss.
Orlistat is another weight loss medication that, when taken regularly with a low fat and low calorie diet, can help you lose weight and reduce your BMI.
Available only on prescription, this medication can also be taken to help people who suffer from diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol, and heart disease.
Orlistat works as a lipase inhibitor, which means it stops your body from absorbing the fat content in food. Clinical trials have found that almost twice as many people taking this medication saw an average weight loss of at least ten per cent of their body weight in a year.
If you’d like to find out more about how to lose weight and the different medications that are available, get in touch with your local Enimed pharmacy team to see how they can help.
