Xenical Brand

Before Using

Take Xenical by mouth during or within 1 hour after a meal that contains some fat (no more than 30% of the calories for that meal). This medicine is usually taken 3 times daily. If you skip a meal or you eat a meal that does not contain any fat, skip your dose for that meal. Take any multi-vitamin or mineral supplement at least 2 hours before or after you take Xenical. If you also take a thyroid hormone, do not take it within 4 hours before or after taking this medication. If you also take cyclosporine, do not take it within 2 hours before or after taking Xenical.

Cautions

Do not take Xenical if you are allergic to orlistat, if you have cholestasis (a problem of bile flow from the liver to the intestines), if you have gallbladder problems, or chronic malabsorption syndrome (an inability to absorb food and nutrients properly).

Before taking Xenical, tell your doctor if you have an underactive thyroid, a history of gallstones or pancreatitis, type 1 or type 2 diabetes, an eating disorder, liver disease, or if you take other weight-loss medications (prescription or over-the-counter).

Before taking Xenical, tell your doctor if you are using any of the following drugs: 
• Insulin or diabetes medications you take by mouth. 
• Cyclosporine (Gengraf, Neoral, Sandimmune). 
• Digoxin (digitalis, Lanoxin, Lanoxicaps). 
• Levothyroxine (Synthroid, Levoxyl, Levothroid). 
• A blood thinner such as warfarin (Coumadin).

Do not give over-the-counter Xenical to a child younger than 18 years old. This medicine should not be used by anyone age 12 to 18 without the advice of a doctor.

While taking Xenical avoid a diet that is high in fat. High-fat meals taken in combination with this medicine can increase your risk of unpleasant side effects on your stomach or intestines.

This medication is not expected to be harmful to an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment. It is not known if Xenical is found in breast milk. Do not use this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.

Diabetes patients - Xenical may affect your blood sugar. Check blood sugar levels closely. Ask your doctor before you change the dose of your diabetes medicine.

Tell your doctor or dentist that you take Xenical before you receive any medical or dental care, emergency care, or surgery.

Side Effects

Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Stop taking Xenical and call your doctor at once if you have severe pain in your upper stomach spreading to your back, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, fast heart rate, yellowing of the skin or eyes, dark urine, pale stools, or unusual weakness.

The following side effects occur commonly with the use of Xenical. They are actually signs that the medication is working properly. 

These side effects are usually temporary and may lessen as you continue treatment:
• Oily spotting in your undergarments. 
• Oily or fatty stools, orange or brown colored oil in your stool. 
• Gas with discharge, an oily discharge. 
• Loose stools or an urgent need to go to the bathroom, inability to control bowel movements. 
• An increased number of bowel movements. 
• Stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, rectal pain.

Other side effects that may occur while taking Xenical include: 
• Problems with your teeth or gums. 
• Stuffy nose, sneezing, cough, fever, chills, sore throat, flu symptoms. 
• Headache, back pain. 
• Mild skin rash.

Overdose

Seek emergency medical attention.

Store Xenical at room temperature away from moisture, heat, and light. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep this medicine out of the reach of children and away from pets. Keep the bottle tightly closed.