New Weight Loss Medication
Drugmaker to seek okay for new diet med
October 03, 2008
Expert & Community Posts
New Weight loss Pill
By Heather Reese , Health Expert...counter diet pill has hit the store shelves. Alli, this new weight loss medication, has been... Read more »
Are you alli ready?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...has been on the market for years as a prescription drug called Xenical (see discussion at the... Read more »
The Cost of Weight Loss
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...calculated the cost-benefit ratios of our projects. Weight loss is one that anyone would fund. Read more »
Is There A Magic Pill for Weight Loss? - Part 2
By Dr. Jeffrey Heit , Health Expert...gloomy, however. There are a couple of FDA approved drugs for weight loss which, while they... Read more »
How to lose the antidepressant weight gain
By Judith Wurtman , Health Expert...that feeling." The ideal solution is to develop drugs that address the mood disorders without... Read more »
Health Guide
Weight Loss Medications, Medicines & Products
There are several different drugs used for weight loss. Unless specifically instructed by a doctor, people should use non-drug methods for losing weight. Except under rare circumstances,... Read more »Weight loss: unintentional
...Cancer Depression Diarrhea that is chronic (lasts a long time) Drugs, including amphetamines, chemotherapeutic agents, laxative abuse, and thyroid... Read more »Obesity
...thinking positively. See: Weight management and Exercise and weight loss. Prescription weight loss drugs are an option for some people. The two main ones are subutramine (Meridia) and orlistat... Read more »Diabetes Diet: Weight Control for Type 2 Diabetes
...and orlistat (Xenical). Orlistat may have particular benefits for patients with type 2 diabetes. This drug may delay or even prevent the onset or progression of diabetes. It may also improve... Read more »Inflammatory Bowel Diagnosis
...tell me what caused IBD or how to make it better. All I had were two prescriptions, one for Asacol - a drug that would help with the inflammation inside my colon and hopefully help the symptoms... Read more »Images
Yo-yo dieting... Read more »
Medications
...weight with other treatments (e.g., dieting, other drugs, group programs). It may work by... Read more »
...be evenly spread over 3 main meals. Because this drug can interfere with the absorption of... Read more »
...be evenly spread over 3 main meals. Because this drug can interfere with the absorption of... Read more »
...fats (triglycerides) in the blood. In general, this drug is prescribed after non-drug... Read more »
...along with exercise, a low-cholesterol or low-fat diet, and a weight-loss program if you are... Read more »
Related News
New medication mimics exercise
October 02, 2008Exercising may one day be as easy as swallowing a pill, some experts say. Researchers have developed a weight-loss drug that revs up a patient's... Read summary »
Clinical trial: Effects of a new weight-loss medication
June 02, 2009This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to determine the safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of subcutaneous injections of... Read summary »
Treating Obesity as an Addiction?
August 28, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Using a drug designed to fight drug addiction may be helpful in combating obesity. Vigabatrin, a drug designed as a potential... Read summary »
Prescription drugs that cause weight loss are no diet quick-fix
October 02, 2008Weight management expert Madelyn Fernstrom discusses the dangers of using prescription medications not intended for weight loss as part of a diet... Read summary »
Diet pills may increase unhealthy behavior
October 03, 2008Alli, the over-the-counter version of the weight-loss prescription Xenical, has hit drugstores in the United States. But some experts worry that diet... Read summary »
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