Xenical
Britishnoun
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In the 1990s, it developed an obesity treatment marketed under the brand name Xenical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
A: Orlistat was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1999 as the prescription drug Xenical.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
People taking Xenical lose an average of five to seven pounds, studies have shown.
From US News ● May 29, 2014
Many patients, he said, shunned Xenical because of one embarrassing side-effect in particular: diarrhea.
From Reuters ● Feb. 7, 2013
The withdrawal of Meridia leaves just one prescription drug on the market for long-term weight loss — Roche’s Xenical, which is not widely used.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2010
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