Greetings! Thank you for your questions.

First and foremost, we truly understand your concerns regarding your symptoms and other health problems you might be facing. For your information, excessive weight may increase the risk of many health problems such as hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases and joint problems.

This involves dietary modification and restriction and increased physical activity. BMI is a screening tool that indicates high levels of fat and risk of excess fat. This important to know how your progress is going by weighing in every week. Practise drinking plain water before meal. Drinking water is known to boost metabolism by 30% hence helping in burning fat.

Regarding the medication you have mentioned, yes, you need to get prescription from a doctor first. In order for us to provide you with an accurate choice of treatment and management, we need additional details to explore further into your current complaints. Therefore, we greatly suggest that you refer this to your nearest medical doctor for full examination. You may also click on this link (DoctorOnCall) to speak with our doctors online. We assure you that our conversations are kept in confidentiality unless additional consultation needed with other medical parties. This is just a general answer to your question. Thank you.