Alli 60mg Capsules

For adults aged 18 and over:

• Take one capsule, three times a day.

• Take alli just before, during, or up to one hour after meals.

• This usually means one capsule at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Make sure your three main meals are:

• Well balanced

• Reduced calorie

• Lower in fat

• If you miss a meal or your meal contains no fat, do not take a capsule.

• Swallow the capsule whole with water.

• Do not take more than 3 capsules a day.

• Eat low fat meals to reduce the chance of diet related treatment effects.

• Try to become more physically active before starting alli.

• Physical activity is an important part of a weight loss programme.

• Check with your doctor first if you have not exercised before.

• Continue to be active while taking alli and after you stop taking it.

Always read the patient information leaflet before use and follow the dosage and dietary advice provided.

Active Ingredient: Orlistat 60mg.

Other Ingredients:

• Capsule filling: microcrystalline cellulose (E460), sodium starch glycolate, povidone (E1201), sodium laurilsulfate, talc.

• Capsule shell: gelatin, indigo carmine (E132), titanium dioxide (E171), sodium laurilsulfate, sorbitan monolaurate, black ink (shellac, iron oxide black (E172), propylene glycol).

• Capsule band: gelatin, polysorbate 80, indigo carmine (E132

Do not take:

• if you are allergic to any of the ingrdients.

• if you under 18 years old.

• if your BMI is under 28.

• if you are pregnant or breast-feeding.

• if you are taking ciclosporin.

• if you are taking warfarin or other medicines used to thin the blood.

• if you have cholestasis (liver disorder).

• if you have problems absorbing food (chronic malabsorption syndrome) diagnosed by a doctor

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking alli if:

• You have diabetes

• You have kidney disease

• You are taking any other medicines such as ciclosporin, warfarin or blood thinning medicines.

Talk to your doctor before taking alli if you take:

• Amiodarone for heart rhythm problems

• Acarbose for type 2 diabetes

• Levothyroxine or other thyroid medicine

• Epilepsy medicines

• HIV medicines

• Medicines for depression, anxiety, or other psychiatric conditions

• Medicines for high blood pressure

• Medicines for high cholesterol

Birth Control

• Severe diarrhoea caused by alli may make the oral contraceptive pill less effective.

• If you have severe diarrhoea, use an additional method of contraception.

Vitamins

• alli can reduce the absorption of some vitamins.

• Take a multivitamin every day containing vitamins A, D, E and K.

• Take the multivitamin at bedtime, when you are not taking alli.

You can take alli:

• Just before a meal

• During a meal

• Up to 1 hour after a meal

• Swallow the capsule with water.

• If you skip a meal or the meal contains no fat, do not take alli.

• Avoid high-fat meals because they can increase the chance of side effects.

• Do not take more than the recommended dose, even after a high-fat meal.

Like all medicines, alli can cause side effects, although not everyone gets them.

Common effects, these are often caused by the way alli works. Eating lower-fat meals can help reduce them.

Very common (more than 1 in 10 people):

• Wind, sometimes with oily spotting

• Sudden need to have a bowel movement

• Oily or fatty stools

• Soft stools

Common (up to 1 in 10 people):

• Stomach pain

• Loss of bowel control (stool leakage)

• Diarrhoea or runny stools

• More frequent bowel movements

• Anxiety

Speak to your doctor or pharmacist if these effects become severe or troublesome.

Serious side effects:

• Severe allergic reaction:

• Difficulty breathing

• Sweating

• Rash or itching

• Swelling of the face

• Fast heartbeat

• Fainting or collapse

Stop taking alli and get medical help immediately.

Other serious side effects include:

• Bleeding from the rectum

• Diverticulitis: inflammation of the large intestine, which may cause lower abdominal pain, fever or constipation

• Pancreatitis : severe abdominal pain that may spread to the back, sometimes with fever, nausea or vomiting

• Severe skin blistering

• Severe stomach pain caused by gallstones

Hepatitis, liver inflammation, which may cause:

• Yellow skin or eyes

• Itching

• Dark urine

• Stomach pain

• Pain under the right side of the ribs

• Loss of appetite

• Oxalate nephropathy, a build-up that can cause kidney stones

Stop taking alli and contact your doctor if you experience any of these serious side effects.

• Changes in blood tests

• The frequency of these effects is unknown:

• Increased levels of certain liver enzymes

• Changes in blood clotting in people taking warfarin or other blood thinners

Keep out of the sight and reach of children.

Do not use this medicine after the ‘EXP’ date shown on the pack.

Store below 25ºC. Protect from sunlight.