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Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 1389-5575
ISSN (Online): 1875-5607

Drug Treatment of Obesity: Established and Emerging Therapies

Author(s): M. Luisa Isidro and Fernando Cordido

Volume 9, Issue 6, 2009

Page: [664 - 673] Pages: 10

DOI: 10.2174/138955709788452739

Price: $65

Abstract

Available anti-obesity pharmacotherapy options remain very limited. The development of more effective drugs has become a priority. The potential strategies to achieve weight loss are to reduce energy intake, by stimulating anorexigenic signals or by blocking orexigenic signals, and to increase energy expenditure. This review will focus on approved obesity medications, as well as potential new pharmacological treatment options.

Keywords: Obesity, drug treatment, orlistat, sibutramine, rimonabant, leptin, ghrelin


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