Clinical obesity is estimated to affect over 10 % of the UK population, with this percentage increasing every year. An increasing number of obese patients are now actively seeking diet-assisting medication. Some however are opting to buy weight loss assistance products over the internet without first seeking qualified medical advice. This approach is extremely dangerous.

Firstly, unregulated suppliers of medicines are by definition unaccountable and there is therefore no guarantee they will even supply what they promise. Each year countless internet purchasers are duped into either buying fake medicines or simply handing their money over to criminal fraudsters.

Secondly, even if the medicines supplied by unregulated retailers are genuine there is still no guarantee they will be safe. Appetite inhibitor Rimonabant, for example (sometimes referred to by its trade name, Acomplia) is still available over the internet from certain unscrupulous online retailers, despite having been voluntarily withdrawn from the official supply chain owing to its strong links in some patients to severe depression.

Thirdly, circumventing a proper medical diagnosis risks failing to discover, and therefore treat, any other possible underlying medical causes for weight gain.

The good news however is that the convenience and relative privacy of buying respected diet-assisting medicines such as xenical over the internet can still be a workable option provided certain conditions are met.

Buyers must firstly undergo an online consultation with a qualified medical practitioner. Following this, once it is agreed that a particular diet assisting medicine such as xenical should be prescribed, the prescription should then be presented to a bona fide online pharmacist who will in turn despatch the medicine direct to the patient’s home.

At European Pharmacie we take care of all these steps in order to give our customers an efficient and convenient ‘one stop’ way to buy xenical and a host of other legitimate medicines.