MERIDIA® (sibutramine hydrochloride monohydrate) is an orally administered agent for
the treatment of obesity. Chemically, the active ingredient is a racemic mixture of the (+)
and (-) enantiomers of cyclobutanemethanamine, 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-N,N-dimethyl-α-(2-
methylpropyl)-, hydrochloride, monohydrate, and has an empirical formula of
C17H29Cl2NO. Its molecular weight is 334.33.