How does it work?

Reductil capsules contain the active ingredient sibutramine hydrochloride monohydrate, which is a type of anti-obesity medicine. It works by affecting neurotransmitters in the brain.

Neurotransmitters are natural body 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 sibutramine helps people to 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.

You will need to continue with an appropriate diet and exercise programme while taking this 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.

What is it used for?


Obesity


Reductil is only licensed to aid weight loss in people with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, and people with a BMI of 27 or higher who also have other obesity related risk factors, such as type 2 diabetes or high cholesterol. It is 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 (eg diet and exercise).


This information is taken from http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100004565.html

Hi, I am new, middle aged apparently or so I was told by my doctor today who was all of 20 something and definately obese. This is my first ever post on line on anything i know very old fashioned but thats what happens when you are middle aged. My doctor prescribed reductil for me today and I was wondering has anyone out there been on reductil at the same time as herbalife? Did it work? Any comments/ suggestions gratefully accepted. I did herbalife years ago and it worked really well for me and would like to include it.

Im like everyone else. Maybe take the last 5-10 minutes of the show and talk about what you were using. Why you were using it. And how you used it.