Sibutramine when used in combination with a reduced calorie diet along with some exercise can help the people who are overweight to loose it and there after maintain weight loss. Sibutramine lies in the class of medications called appetite suppressants. It functions by acting on to the appetite control centers present in the brain to decrease the appetite.

Sibutramine comes in the form of capsule, which is taken by the mouth and is generally taken with or without food once in a day. You must follow the directions on the prescription label carefully and ask your pharmacist to explain it to you if you don’t understand any part of it. Take it exactly as it is directed by the physician. It can prove to be a habit forming. Do not take less or more of it or take it for a longer time or more often than prescribed by the physician.

At the initial stage the doctor will suggest you low dose of Sibutramine in there after increase it once you have been taking it for at least 4 consecutive weeks. Your doctor may also decrease your dose if certain side effects of it are experienced by you at the initial stage.

Probably you will start loosing weight soon after you begin to take Sibutramine and follow your diet.