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April 21, 2009- Today, in the UK, obese patients will have a new anti-obesity drug they can purchase through the pharmacies without needing a prescription. This drug is Orlistat, also known as Alli. Orlistat is the active ingerdient in Alli, and helps adults lose around fifty percent more weight than just by dieting. So if someone loses 2 pounds by dieting, Alli can help them lose another 1 pound extra.

There is a breif consultation with a pharmacist to measure the consumers body mass index to see if the consumer can be able to qualify for these pills to purchase. The BMI (body mass index) needs to be of 28 or over for the consumer to qualify.

Tests have been shown that patients drop weight when taking Alli along with reducing daily calorie intake and lowering the amount of fatty foods consumed every day. The drug absorbs almost a quarter of the fat from any food eaten, thus it prevents it to turn into fat in the body.
GlaxoSmithKline is the one providing this pill in the UK pharmacys. Pharmicists have been trained to help correctly take the BMI of each patient and to question the consumers medical history.

GlaxoSmithKline and experts are saying that this is not a magic cure for obesity. The patients need to follow a low fat diet, or there are risks that are unpleasant due to the amount of fat that passes through the body and may cause an embrassment due to uncontrollable bowels.

There is research that has shown that about a quarter of adults that live in the UK are obese. Alli is not a suitable drug for children under the age of 18 and is made sure not to be sold to anyone under it.