Weight Loss Drugs WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Weight Loss Drugs
Anti-obesity drugs or weight loss drugs refer to all pharmacological agents that reduce or control weight. These drugs alter one of the fundamental processes of the human body, weight regulation, by either altering appetite or metabolism. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends caution with use of these products since many of the claims of safety and effectiveness are unsubstantiated. ...read more from Wikipedia
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- Most of the FDA-approved weight-loss medications are approved for short-term use only.1
- Available weight loss drugs include orlistat, sibutramine, metformin, and rimonabant.2
- An anti-obesity medication called Fen-phen was withdrawn in the market due to its harmful side effects.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Weight-control Information Network (WIN): Prescription Medications For The Treatment Of Obesity
- ↑ Wikipedia: Anti-Obesity Drugs
- ↑ U.S. Food and Drug Administration: FDA Warns Against Drug Promotion Of Herbal Fen-Phen
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- Contributor: Aimee Abellaneda
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 22, 2009
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- Contributor: Aimee Abellaneda
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Weight-Loss Drugs, Anti-Obesity Drugs, Antiobesity drugs
- Last update: Oct. 22, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
