التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Pharmacotherapy for weight loss. |
| المؤلفون: |
Rueda-Clausen, Christian F.1, Padwal, Raj S.1 rpadwal@ualberta.ca |
| المصدر: |
BMJ: British Medical Journal. 6/14/2014, Vol. 348 Issue 7962, p36-39. 4p. 1 Chart. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*CARDIOVASCULAR disease diagnosis, *HYPERTENSION, *BARIATRIC surgery, *CLINICAL drug trials, *MEDICAL care, *EVALUATION of medical care, *PATIENTS, *SERIAL publications, *WEIGHT loss, *ANTIOBESITY agents, *COMORBIDITY, *DRUG approval, *ORLISTAT, *BODY mass index, *THERAPEUTICS |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
UNITED Kingdom |
| الشركة/الكيان: |
UNITED States. Food & Drug Administration |
| مستخلص: |
The article describes the case of a 28-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes, controlled hypertension, and sleep apnoea seeking advice about weight loss. Topics discussed include the mechanisms of action of anti-obesity drugs, the pharmacological options for obesity, and the efficacy of orlistat, phentermine-extended release (ER) topiramate, and lorcaserin. Also mentioned are safety issues and drug precautions. |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
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