Slimex (Sibutramine) - 15mg (30 Capsules)
| Main Use |
Active Integredient |
Marketed Name |
| Obesity |
Sibutramine hydrochloride monohydrate |
Reductil®, Slimex® |
How does Sibutramine work?
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.
Side Effects
- Dry mouth
- Difficulty in sleeping (insomnia)
- Disturbances of the gut such as diarrhoea, constipation, nausea, vomiting or abdominal pain
- Headache
- Pins and needles (paraesthesia)
- Lightheadedness
- Anxiety
- Sweating
- Alteration in taste
- Aggravation of haemorrhoids
- Hot flushes
- Awareness of your heartbeat (palpitations)
- Increased heart rate (tachycardia)
- Raised blood pressure (hypertension)
- Depression
- Menstrual cycle disorders
- Impotence
- Seizures
- Decrease in the number of platelets in the blood (thrombocytopenia)
- Kidney disorders
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