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Article: Enrol for Successful Weight Loss; Xenical(R) Support Programmes Shown to Double Weight Loss Success And Increase Patient Satisfaction.
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- February 27, 2002
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SAN DIEGO -- The following press release was issued today by Roche Pharmaceuticals:
Support programmes provided to patients taking the weight loss medication Xenical(R) have been shown to significantly improve the levels of weight loss achieved and increase patient satisfaction and compliance with treatment according to data being presented this week at the First Annual Nutrition Week, San Diego, California, 23-27 February 2002.(1)
After four months of treatment with Xenical, patients continuing with a support programme were shown to lose twice as much weight as those patients who had lapsed treatment (8.5kg vs 4kg).(1)
The two-way support ...