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Psyllium May Reduce Orlistat Side Effects




Download this PDF to read a clinical study conducted by the Department of Clinical Medicine at University of São Paulo Medical School, and published in International Journal of Obesity, 2001. This placebo-controlled open study was designed to test the hypothesis that most of the gastrointestinal (GI) side events induced by treatment of obese patients with orlistat (a gastrointestinal lipase inhibitor) could be reduced or ameliorated by concomitant use of natural fibers (psyllium mucilloid).

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