·	Weight loss with Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet has been shown to reduce the risk or delay the progression of impaired glucose tolerance and improve high blood pressure.

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In a study of patients who were being treated with oral medication for their type 2 diabetes, those treated with Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet lost 14 lbs of body weight, while those on diet alone lost only 9 lbs after 1 year. In addition, the patients' doctors were able to reduce or discontinue the dose of their diabetes medication in almost 43% of patients on Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet compared to 29% of patients on diet alone.

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Weight loss with Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet has been shown to reduce insulin levels, improve high blood pressure and reduce cholesterol levels. In clinical studies, people treated with Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication and a reduced-calorie diet had lower blood glucose levels after 1 year than people treated with diet alone.

·	Weight loss with Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet has been shown to improve both systolic and diastolic blood pressures (the top and bottom numbers) in patients with elevated blood pressure to a greater extent than with diet alone.

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In clinical studies of patients with high systolic blood pressure and normal diastolic blood pressure, weight loss following 1 year of treatment with Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet was associated with an average reduction in systolic pressure of 5 mm Hg more than with diet alone.

·	Among patients with elevated diastolic blood pressure, weight loss following 1 year of treatment with Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet was associated with an average reduction in diastolic blood pressure of 2.4 mm Hg more than diet alone

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Weight loss with Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet has been shown to significantly lower total and LDL cholesterol ("bad cholesterol") levels and improve the LDL/HDL ratio. Weight loss with Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet also has been shown to reduce insulin levels.

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Among patients with elevated LDL cholesterol levels, 1 year of treatment with Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet led to a reduction in LDL cholesterol of 9% compared to the effect of diet alone. In addition, LDL/HDL ratios improved by 39% in patients on Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet versus patients on diet alone.

·	In an analysis of over 458 people who were enrolled in three clinical studies, people treated with Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication and a reduced-calorie diet were 50% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes or glucose intolerance than people treated with diet alone.

·	Weight loss with Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet has been shown to improve glucose intolerance by reducing the risk or delaying the progression to diabetes. High blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease.

·	In clinical studies, people treated with Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet had lower blood glucose levels after 1 year of treatment than people treated with diet alone.

·	Among patients at risk for type 2 diabetes, Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet reduced the risk of progression to type 2 diabetes more than twice as often as diet alone.

·	In three clinical studies, it was shown that 3.0% of patients at risk progressed to type 2 diabetes with Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication plus diet versus 7.6% of patients at risk who progressed to type 2 diabetes with diet alone

·	Set realistic goals for weight loss

·	Determine the right caloric level for your well-balanced, reduced-calorie diet that contains no more than 30% of calories from fat at each main meal

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