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Acomplia: The weight loss drug with extras

By: Charles Hudson

In the United Kingdom people are increasingly turning to slimming pills to treat their obesity problems. When one considers that one out of four women in this country and one out of four men are now clinically obese then this hardly makes for surprising reading. Obesity is on the rise. One statistic suggests that by the year 2050 there will be 500 million obese people across the globe. It is a problem that is not going to go away and one that needs to be discussed openly and without embarrassment.

There are many ‘slimming pills’ available on the Internet. If they have not been medically researched and licensed then you take them at your own risk. They will, at best, have no proven anti obesity record and at worst be manufactured in dirty factories and contain potential lethal cocktails of illegal substances. Only last month the inquest took place into the death of a 26-year-old woman from South London, Selena Walrond, who died after taking unlicensed pills that she purchased from the Internet.

There are medications available for people who are struggling to lose weight. It is vital that people are informed that they exist and are available. Not as an excuse to take no exercise, to over-eat or to eat an unhealthy diet but so they can get medical help if they need to. These medications are not, however, to be regarded as an excuse not to attempt to lose weight by other methods. They are only available on prescription when all other means of losing weight have been exhausted.

In this country we have three licensed anti obesity drugs available on prescription. These are Xenical, Acomplia and Reductil. Acomplia is the newest anti-obesity drug to come onto the UK market and was widely proclaimed at its launch to be the ultimate weight loss drug available for a number of reasons.

Acomplia works directly on the brain, unlike some other anti-obesity drugs which cause the patient to excrete excess fat from their food. Acomplia works by preventing certain chemicals reaching the brain. In the brain there are receptors called CB1s that are stimulated every time we eat. This produces a feeling a well being. In certain people these receptors do not ‘switch off’, something that causes that person to overeat and to become obese. By blocking these receptors in the brain, Acomplia denies these ‘pleasure receptors’ their reward from food so the patient is able to stop eating and to feel sated having not consumed more calories than their body needs.

As it also reduces the brain’s pleasure receiving signals it has been found that Acomplia can help smokers quit by reducing the pleasurable hit of the nicotine on the brain. For this reason Acomplia is the perfect weight loss drug for obese people who smoke, and the statistics show that there are many, in that it reduces the desire for food and for cigarettes at the same time. Many smokers worry that quitting will cause them to put on weight. Acomplia is able to tackle both these issues at the same time.

Sanofi, the manufacturers of Acomplia claim that the drug can reduce patients' waistlines by a significant number of inches and help them shed as many as 25-30 pounds. Acomplia is also believed to work directly on fat cells in the body to reduce several major risk factors for heart disease. It is known to increase HDL – the good cholesterol – by almost 27%, the highest for any anti-obesity drug.

Acomplia has in some cases resulted in patients feeling severe depression as it works directly on the patient’s nervous system. Like any prescription drug, Acomplia should only be prescribed by a qualified medical practitioner. Used correctly, however, Acomplia can be a tremendous aid in weight loss. It is only available on prescription and your doctor has to be sure that you have tried all other options before giving it to you.

Charles Hudson is a freelance writer and works with a non profit organization to spread knowledge on obesity. For more information on obesity he recommends you to visit http://www.theonlineclinic.co.uk/

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