Prescription Weight Loss Pills

Weight Loss Pills On Prescription

Weight loss pills via prescription - or prescription only weight loss pills means exactly that, only available via a prescription.

The type of weight loss pills that are obtained from your GP or doctor are very much weight loss drugs - far removed from the non prescription genre. In almost all cases the medicine obtained from a GP will be pharmaceutical grade, contain chemicals and almost no trace of any ingredient that could be consided natural or herbal.

Prescription weight loss tablets are not available to everyone - they are often given to patients that are at risk due there body weight and cannot diet suffeciently using more natural methods such as a change of diet or exercise.

Morbid Obesity

WIth over half of the UK population over weight and an increasingly large proportion heading toward obesity more and more people are turning to their GP or doctor for help.

The simple fact of the matter is that GP will not prescribe a weight loss pill to anyone for cosmtic reasons or vanity, their has to be a serious identifiable risk.

Body Mass Index

The general guide for self assessment is the BMI or Body Mass Index. It should not be used as a definative guide but more tool for realisation that you may need to change your lifestyle, eating habits or both. Check Your BMI here.

If your BMI number is mid thirties you should considerously losing weight - if you are nearer the 40 mark a visit to your GP is strongly advised. The 40 BMI range is a strong candidat for a prescribed weight loss pill.

Prescribed Weight Loss Pills

The two most common prescribed weight loss pills are Xenical and Reductil. There is no real hard and fast rule as to which tablet your doctor may prescribe. Xenical is the better of the two - it is proven to be more effective and a great deal safer in terms of possible side effects.

It is strongly advised for anyone considering buying Xenical via the web DO NOT - it is highly likely that the Xenical purchased will be less than genuine. Only obtain Xenical from your GP.

Prescription Only weight loss pills should only be obtained from a GP!

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