What role for weight-loss medication? Weighing the pros and cons for obese patients.
Obesity is a chronic medical disorder that is not going away anytime soon. Physicians need all the education, tools, and resources possible to successfully help their overweight and obese patients. Weight-loss medications alone are clearly not the answer. However, they are one tool physicians can use in combination with lifestyle changes to increase the success of long-term weight loss in selected patients.
Wyatt
Holly R
HR
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Centers for Obesity Research and Education, Denver, CO, USA. holly.wyatt@uchsc.edu
Hill
James O
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D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001067:Appetite Depressants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003503:Cyclobutanes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007783:Lactones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008019:Life Style; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000077403:Orlistat; D010349:Patient Compliance; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss
D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents; D001067:Appetite Depressants; D003503:Cyclobutanes; D007783:Lactones; D000077403:Orlistat; C058254:sibutramine