Over the past twenty years obesity has reached epidemic levels around the world. Obesity is a disease of developed industrialized countries. Most of the obese population is living in Europe and United States, but over last couple of years obesity has been spreading into other parts of the world. The biggest increase of obesity we see in Asia. From 1991 to 1998 obesity has doubled worldwide.
Obesity refers to excessive amount of body fat. Obesity is diagnosed using body mass index (BMI). BMI is based on person’s height and weight. BMI is calculated by dividing the subject’s weight in kilograms with the square of his/her height in meters. Health care professionals agree that people with BMI 30 and grater are obese.
Weight loss in obese individuals is of outmost importance. It starts with setting realistic goals and making sometimes difficult lifestyle changes. Changes have to include fewer calories intake and being more physically active. With obese patients medication and surgery is sometimes used to help with weight loss.
Rimonabant, a new obesity treatment, is on the wish list of millions of people worldwide. It is new revolutionary drug for quickest and most effective removal of excessive body fat. Rimonabant is an anorectic oral prescription drug, which regulates appetite and nicotine intake in the body. It works by inhibiting the CB-1 receptors in body, this result as a loss of appetite and patients eat less food than normal. Besides being obesity treatment, Rimonabant is also effective smoking cessation drug. Rimonabant must be accompanied with a low-calorie diet and regular fitness regime to get satisfactory weight loss results.
Usual prescription of Rimonabant is 20 mg per day. Pill should be swallowed with a full glass of water prior to breakfast and never chewed. It should be taken on time daily and never skipped. If you skip a dosage, take it as soon as you remember, but do not overdose. Try not to miss any dose, but if accidently skip the dosage, never try to compensate it by overdosing. Overdosing on Rimonabant or any other drug can be harmful for health.
Just as with any medication, Rimonabant can also cause some side effects. Side effects accompanying Rimonabant are rare, mild and in most cases temporary. Dizziness, nausea, stomach disorder and muscular cramps can accompany Rimonabant weight loss pill. These side effects are short lived and disappear after a few days use.
Recent studies in Rimonabant have discovered that besides from helping with smoke cessation and weight loss, there is also evidence that it helps with lipid levels (such as cholesterol) in the blood and might help with other metabolism-related health problems.
Before you go ahead with Rimonabant medication, prior conversation with your doctor is suggested to stay away from any future harmful repercussions. Consult your physician and your pharmacist. Inform them of any prescription drugs, over the counter medication, or supplements you are taking. Heart patients, diabetics, expectant women, women with child-bearing potential, and breast-feeding mothers should abstain from the intake of Rimonabant pill.