There are many ways you can deal with excessive weight – you can eat less, exercise more, take certain supplements, drink a lot of water, even use prescription drugs, but nothing will ever be efficient if used alone. Rimonabant is an active ingredient of such anti-obesity drugs as Zimulti (sold in Europe) and Acomplia (intended for the USA) and it works by blocking certain receptors in the brain and making the process easier on the patient. Therefore, weight loss does not happen just because you started taking the drug and it contains some magic ingredients that have miraculous slimming effects. Rimonabant is used to help people unable to fight food cravings to refuse some of the foods, making them feel less hungry and therefore allowing them to follow through their doctor’s recommendations. Although there are a number of safety concerns related to Acomplia and Zimulti (just like in case of crash dieting that can do more harm than good) these medicines are popularly used by patients trying to get rid of excessive weight but not succeeding in the past. It’s important to remember that weight loss is just the beginning. By starting to lose weight you are supposed to modify your eating patterns and carry on with the new ones for the rest of your life.