Orlistat
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enzyme inhibitor, weight control agent
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- GENERIC NAME: orlistat BRAND NAME: Xenical DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Orlistat is a drug that promotes loss of weight by preventing the digestion and absorption of dietary fat.
- Orlistat is the first drug in a new class of non-systemically acting anti-obesity drugs known as lipase inhibitors.
- An important added bonus with orlistat is that cholesterol levels generally fall (elevated cholesterol is a frequent complication of obesity) with the average person's cholesterol dropping by about 8 - 10 %.
- Orlistat is an FDA approved drug for treating obesity.
- T99-19 Print Media: 301-827-6242 April 26, 1999 Consumer Media: 800-INFO-FDA FDA APPROVES ORLISTAT FOR OBESITY The Food and Drug Administration has approved orlistat, a new drug to treat obesity.
- The second event was the temporary withdrawal of the new drug application for orlistat, a drug that blocks intestinal lipase and produces weight loss.
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