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Prescription Weight Loss Drugs

Obesity often requires long-term treatment to promote and sustain weight loss. As in other chronic conditions, such as diabetes or high blood pressure, use of prescription drugs may be appropriate for some people. While most side effects of prescription weight loss drugs are mild, serious complications have been reported. More on that below.

Keep in mind that these drugs are not a cure-all for obesity. The use of weight loss drugs should be combined with physical activity and improved diet to lose and maintain weight successfully over the long term.

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Prescription Weight Loss Drugs Do Prescription Weight Loss Drugs Really Work?

In general, Xenical and Meridia are moderately effective, leading to an average weight loss of 5 to 22 pounds over a one-year period, more than what would be expected with non-drug treatments. However, the response to these drugs is based on each individual, and some people experience more weight loss than others. Likewise, there is no one correct dose for these medications. Your doctor will decide what works best for you based on his or her evaluation of your medical condition and your response to treatment. Patients generally experience a maximum weight loss within six months of starting medication treatment.

Over the short term, weight loss from prescription drugs may reduce a number of health risks in obese people. However, there are currently no studies to determine the effects of these medications over the long term.

The Risks of Prescription Weight Loss Drugs
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Alli

Generic Name: orlistat (OR li stat)
Brand Names: alli, Xenical

What is Alli?

Alli (orlistat) blocks some of the fat that you eat, keeping it from being absorbed by your body and helps you to lose weight.

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Weight Loss:
Prescription Weight Loss Medicine

Obesity often requires long-term treatment to promote and sustain weight loss. As in other chronic conditions, such as diabetes or high blood pressure, long-term use of prescription medications may be appropriate for some people. While most side effects of prescription medications for obesity are mild, serious complications have been reported (see below.)

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Prescription Weight Loss Medications – Reviews of Bontril ï

Please read Part One of this series of articles on Weight Loss Medications before continuing. It contains important advice applicable to all forms of weight loss medications.

The chemical Phendimetrazine is the generic form of the prescription weight loss medication (drug) also known by the brand names of Adipost, Anorex-SR, Appecon, Bontril PDM, Bontril Slow Release (SR), Melfiat, Obezine, Phendiet, Phendiet-105, Plegine, Prelu, PT 105, and Statobex.

Type of Weight Loss Medication (Drug):
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Weight Loss Myth? Drinking a Beverage with Your Meals Increases Your Daily Water Consumption

When you are on a weight loss program, one of the things that’s important to track is how much water you’re getting daily. If you have a certain amount of daily water consumption that…[more]

Weight Loss Myth? Orange Juice is a Great Way to Start the Day

As more and more people start to look at healthier drink options for weight loss, some are asking whether orange juice is a great way to help with slimming down. To really evaluate orange…[more]

Weight Loss Myth? Cardio Exercises are the Best for Burning Fat
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Now that I have your attention! I know that the new Fad in weight loss is HCG injections for weight loss. Now I am overweight and decided to give this a try to assist in my weight loss goals, last year. I made an appointment with the doctor and went to my first appointment. Now begins the realization!

First of all most insurances will NOT cover the injections. So typically you will have to pay around $25.00 per injection. Secondly pay close attention to what the doctor says.

Anyway, I go into the doctors office and wait in the room. The doctor comes in and spoke with me about medical conditions, what I have tried, and how much weight I need to lose. A nurse took my measurements and weight. Then the doctor proceeds to discuss the “guidelines” of using the injections. Now this is where I should have walked away but it didnt dawn on me until a few weeks later that I was wasting my hard earned money!!

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You are overweight for the most simple of reasons — because you’re eating the wrong foods, the wrong types of calories per meal, and you’re also eating meals in the wrong patterns each day. Think closely about what we’re about to tell you, since it’s going to change the way you think about dieting…

FOOD is more powerful than any prescription weight loss pills, because the FOOD that you eat can either make you THIN or FAT. You don’t get fat because of a lack of exercising, that’s a myth. You get fat because you don’t eat the right foods at the right intervals each day.

Also, the pattern that you choose to eat your meals each day is more powerful than any prescription weight loss pills. This is true because your body is like an “engine” and it only needs certain foods at certain intervals each day, and if you don’t eat the right foods at the right times then it won’t burn those calories — and you’ll wind up storing those calories as fat tissue. (Hint: You need to eat more than 3 times per day to lose weight, but we’ll show you the details later).

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anti-obesity medication 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, metabolism, or absorption of calories. It is common for them to be tried and if there is little or no benefit from them to discontinue treatment.[1] The main treatment modalities for overweight and obesity are dieting and physical exercise.

Because of potential side effects, it is recommended that anti-obesity drugs only be prescribed for obesity where it is hoped that the benefits of the treatment outweigh its risks.[2][3]

• 1 Mechanisms of action
• 2 Anti-obesity drugs
  • 2.1 Orlistat
  • 2.2 Sibutramine
  • 2.3 Rimonabant
  • 2.4 Metformin
  • 2.5 Exenatide
  • 2.6 Pramlintide
  • 2.7 Other drugs
• 3 Alternative medicine
• 4 Side effects
• 5 Limitations of current knowledge
• 6 Future developments
• 7 History
• 8 Research
• 9 References
• 10 Further reading
• 11 External links

[edit] Mechanisms of action
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