Those of you have been reading our Xenical articles on the Ukmedix news website will know all about the controversy that is facing Roche who make Xenical for the Australian market. Following on from the fact that the Xenical weight loss drug was advertised on TV during programs that were watched by many teenagers it now appears that the drug is being sold by many pharmacists to people who are not overweight or obese at all.

In Australia the Xenical drug doesn’t require a prescription like in most other countries like the UK and the United States. Therefore the Xenical drug is dispensed solely at the discretion of the pharmacist. Recently a consumers association called Choice decided to investigate to see whether the drug was accessible to all people or whether the pharmacists would not dispense it to normal weight people.

In their survey an undercover shopper of normal weight went to thirty pharmacies in Sydney and shockingly was sold the weight loss drug in 24 cases. The guidelines that are issued to all pharmacies in Australia are clear that the drug must only be dispensed to overweight and obese people and that normal weight people should be refused the prescription drug.

Many health organizations in Australia are of the opinion that the Xenical weight loss drug should be made a prescription only drug and that its over the counter status should be removed as the guidelines are clearly being abused.

On the other side of the world in the United States plans are afoot to have the Xenical drug sold in a half dose form that would be called Alli and that would not require a prescription. At Ukmedix we issue prescriptions with all of our drugs as the law requires and we believe that Xenical that is used incorrectly is of no benefit to overweight and obese people and that only a doctor can give serious, professional and consistent weight loss advice and proper advice about how to use Xenical.