One-stop shopping fans should pay attention: a new drug that claims to help patiens stop smoking and lose weight at the same time. This drug it’s on the market since last year in Europe. The ultimate drug is called Rimonabant Acomplia, and its  produced by the French firm Sanofi-Synthelabo.
Just one pill has been discovered to stop both food and cigarette cravings enough to help people quit smoking and lose weight, and it also helps curb other unhealthy urges.
Named Rimonabant Acomplia the medicine in one study helped patiens who were overweight drop an average of 20 pounds and in another doubled the chances that smokers would quit.

Rimonabant (which is beeing sold on the market as Acomplia-in Europe) works by blocking the CB1 receptor, one of two receptors found in a newly described physiological system called the Endocannabinoid System (EC System), which  play an important role in the regulation of food intake and energy expenditure.

Scientist wondered whether a drug that halted this action might curb appetite, and in 2001, the first animal study was conducted at the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in Bethesda, Md.
When the normal mice were given rimonabant, which blocked their CB1 receptors, the mice reduced their food intake.In 2002, Sanofi-Synthelabo began testing on human patiens.

Rimonabant works by selectively targeting and blocking the CB1 receptors, helping normalize the over-activation of the EC system and making hunger or cigarette cravings more manageable.
This blocking of signals that control appetite is resulting in weight loss, improvement of cardiovascular/ metabolic risk factors in overweight/obese people and seems to reduce tobacco addiction without post cessation weight gain in patiens who smoke.

Based on the available data from lots of clinical trials, Rimonabant (Acomplia, Zimulti) is an extremely safe drug with minor side effects such as nausea, mood swings, anxiety and dizziness.
Rimonabant is recommended to be taken along with regular exercise and a diet regime for optimum results. People with a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30kg/m2 can benefit from taking a daily pill of Rimonabant of 20mg along with proper exercise and diet.Various trials conducted have shown remarkable results making Rimonabant (Acomplia, Zimulti) one of the most sought after anti-obesity medications worldwide.