High-tech gastric balloon arrives in the Prairies, BC, ON, and QC after approval from Health Canada

The balloon is offered in only a select few clinics in the country, one of the major providers is Rapid Access Medical in Alberta and soon expanding its coverage thru the prairies and British Columbia.

A swallowable gastric balloon has arrived in the prairies after key approval from Health Canada.

The high-tech gastric balloon is a capsule that contains the deflated balloon, which you swallow as a pill before it is inflated. The balloon becomes the size of a grapefruit, which takes up space in your stomach, to make you feel full and then deflates itself after four months. It passes naturally through the digestive system.

The procedure also reportedly doesn’t require anesthesia or surgery to insert the balloon, drastically reducing the entry barriers for millions of potential patients.

The new balloon is trying to improve weight-loss procedures available in Canada where, according to Statistics Canada, 8.2 million people in Canada are categorized as obese.

The balloon is offered in only a select few clinics in the country, one of which is Rapid Access Medical.

Dr. Alexander Lukubisa, Chief Medical Director and Allurion Program Certified Physician says, “with this non-invasive technology, we will be able to help many people kickstart and achieve their weight loss goals, including those too high risk to undergo general anesthesia or simply have a fear of endoscopy, all within a 15-minute procedure.”

“The best candidates are those with a body mass index, an index used to estimate body fat, less than 35,” explains Dr. Lukubisa, a pioneer in the field with extensive experience. “Sometimes we can see a weight loss of almost 10 points of body mass index, and that’s quite dramatic – comparable to a Sleeve Gastrectomy.”

Allurion Technologies, the company responsible for developing the balloon, says this is an additional tool to help fight obesity. They call it a “honeymoon from hunger,” where patients can adopt healthy habits and maintain sustained weight loss.

The Allurion Gastric Balloon gives you the power to eliminate cravings and lose weight. This is a game changer: the swallowable gastric pill balloon with a 15-minute appointment.

However, Dr. Lukubisa emphasizes that this procedure is not a magic wand. It is best used in combination with healthy eating and exercise and our support throughout the process so that when the balloon disappears weight regain is prevented.

Rapid Access Medical will begin its first Allurion balloon placements in early and through January 2023, with more to follow through February and beyond. We recommend that those who are interested in the program contact us as soon as possible since the phone does not stop ringing, we will leave the link below.

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