Anti-obesity Drug Overview

Anti-obesity drugs refer to all pharmacological treatments intended to reduce or control weight. Because these drugs are intended to alter one of the fundamental processes of the human body, anti-obesity drugs are medically prescribed only in cases of morbid obesity, where weight loss is life-saving. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by the international Cochrane Collaboration concluded that in diabetic patients found: : "Fluoxetine, orlistat, and sibutramine can achieve statistically...