Ecoslim Dosage/Direction for Use

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Dosage/Direction for Use

The recommended dose of orlistat is 120 mg capsule taken thrice daily with water immediately before, during or up to one hour after each main meal. If a meal is missed or contains no fat, the dose of orlistat should be omitted. The patient should be on a nutritionally balanced, mildly hypocaloric diet that contains approximately 30% of calories from fat. Doses of orlistat above 120 mg three times daily have not been shown to provide additional benefit. The effect of orlistat results in an increase in faecal fat as early as 24 to 48 hours after dosing. Upon discontinuation of therapy, faecal fat content usually returns to pre-treatment levels, within 48 to 72 hours.
Obese adolescents should be treated with orlistat only if their BMI is above the level indicated in the following table. (See table.)

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Ecoslim Dosage/Direction for Use

orlistat

Manufacturer:

Micro Labs

Distributor:

Zizawa Healthcare