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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Weight Loss Medicine

Q&A: Does Byetta help people with Type 2 diabetes lose weight?

October 02, 2008
A reader asks doctors at the Mayo Clinic if there is a medication for Type 2 diabetes that also helps with weight loss. Dr. Maria Collazo-Clavell responds with detailed information about Byetta, an injectable medicine that has been found to help some patients with Type 2 diabetes lose weight. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Is There A Magic Pill for Weight Loss?
By Dr. Jeffrey Heit , Health Expert

...that question is rather complicated. There are a few medicines out there that have been FDA... Read more »

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Food Diaries Help
By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...a study that the American Journal of Preventative Medicine will publish next month.This finding... Read more »

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Losing Weight to Reverse Sleep Apnea
By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...randomized comparison group. The Archives of Internal Medicine, a journal of the American... Read more »

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Weighing In: Should I eat when my stomach growls?
By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...hunger at bay. Exercise is also an important part of weight loss and weight maintenance. The... Read more »

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Are You a Candidate for Obesity Surgery? Part 2
By Dr. Jeffrey Heit , Health Expert

...cups that come with over the counter liquid cold medicines (about 30 milliliters) and attaching... Read more »

Health Guide

Spondyloarthritis Symptoms and Causes
...fever    * Stiffness and limited motion in the low back    * Weight lossSources: National Library of Medicine, American College of Rheumatology Read more »
Taking Responsibility for your Weight
...evidence of current cardiac disease). Her blood pressure remains out of control because she forgets her medicines, her cholesterol remains out of control because she “can’t tolerate” the... Read more »
Diabetes Diagnosis Advice -- dealing with a diabetes diagnosis
...reduce your blood glucose level.4. For most, but not all, of us this is still not enough. Take the medicine or insulin that the doctor prescribes. You may not have to take it all your life, once... Read more »
Weight Loss Medications, Medicines & Products
...involved more than 1,000 participants. The findings, published in the November 2005 New England Journal of Medicine, said that people who took the drug significant reduced their body weight and... Read more »
Weight Control and Diet: Highlights
...blockers, which help curb a persons appetite. A study published in the November 2005 New England Journal of Medicine found that people who took the medicine lost a significant amount of weight as... Read more »

Medications

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...moisture. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep all medicines away from children and pets. Do not... Read more »

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...response to therapy, and use of certain interacting medicines. Many of the drugs listed in... Read more »

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...them. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.... Read more »

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...moisture. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep all medicines away from children and pets. Do not... Read more »

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...moisture. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep all medicines away from children and pets. Do not... Read more »

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