Friday, February 10, 2012

Obesity Drug Plus Counseling Boosts Weight Loss: Study

(Reuters) UPDATED 2010-07-14
A new study suggests that the experimental obesity medication Contrave, paired with counseling, appears to help people lose weight more quickly than behavioral therapy alone. The study, sponsored by Contrave's drugmaker, Orexigen, found that participants lost 9 percent of their total body weight when they received the combination treatment, compared to a 5 percent loss among those who received only the behavioral therapy and a placebo.


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