How Does Reductil Work?
Neurotransmitters
are chemicals that are stored in nerve cells and are involved in
transmitting messages between the nerve cells. They are released from
nerve cells as a message is transmitted. Once the message has been
transmitted, the nerve cells then reabsorb the neurotransmitter
Sibutramine
prevents two of these neurotransmitters, noradrenaline and serotonin,
from being reabsorbed back into the nerve cells. Noradrenaline and
serotonin are responsible for moderating mood and various other
processes in the brain. It is thought that Reductil sibutramine helps
people lose weight by increasing the amount of noradrenaline and
serotonin free to act in the brain. This enhances the feeling of
fulfillment from eating, and so makes you feel satisfied after eating
less food.
Reductil
Sibutramine is only licensed to aid weight loss in people with a body
mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, and those with a BMI of 27 or higher
who also have other obesity related risk factors, such as type 2
diabetes or high cholesterol. Reductil diet pills are only prescribed
to people in these categories who have had difficulty achieving or
maintaining weight loss of more than five per cent of their body weight
over three months, using conventional weight loss programmes alone
(e.g. diet and exercise).
You
will need to continue with an appropriate diet and exercise programme
while taking reductil medicine, so that you are able to maintain your
new weight after you have stopped treatment. Your doctor should give
you advice to assist you with this.
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