Sentences with phrase «approved weight loss drugs»

Orlistat is one of the only FDA - approved weight loss drugs.

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Another weight - loss drug approved back in 1997, Meridia, was pulled from the market under pressure from the fda after studies showed it raises cardiovascular risk.

The analyses of genetic link to BMI indicate that the central nervous system has a role in obesity susceptibility, including a pathway that responds to changes in feeding and fasting and that is thought to be targeted by an FDA - approved weight - loss drug.

The Federal Drug Administration has approved few drugs for long - term weight loss, and some are no longer marketed because of safety issues, the researchers said.

But more docs, frustrated with the handful of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-- approved weight - loss drugs with inconsistent results, are prescribing medications that are used to treat everything from depression to seizures — all with the side effect of weight loss — to help patients drop pounds.

[pagebreak] The bottom line Most people can successfully lose weight with a combination of diet and exercise — and an FDA - approved weight - loss drug, if necessary, says Karen Cooper, doctor of osteopathy, at the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, a top bariatric - surgery hospital.

«A pill can make a person less hungry, but it cant tell them how to eat,» says Michael Anchors, MD, who holds a patent on Phen - Pro, an off - label weight - loss combo that blends the FDA - approved weight - loss drug phentermine along with an antidepressant like Prozac.

The FDA recommends that people who want to lose weight discuss their goals with their doctor and take only an FDA - approved weight - loss drug if such treatment is deemed necessary.

HCG is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for weight loss purposes, but is approved to treat fertility problems, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Lorcaserin (Belviq) is a weight loss drug approved by the FDA within the last month.

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In November 2011, FDA officials announced that PPA, a human - approved drug found in weight loss aids and nasal decongestants, eventually would be pulled from the market after a Yale study revealed a link between the drug's use and hemorrhage stroke in women.

There's a new FDA - approved drug for weight loss if you've done everything and you still can't get the weight off your dog.

Even when a drug has been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, it sometimes turns out to be unsafe for long - term use and causes more harm than good, such as a popular weight loss drug that caused serious health problems in many of its users and was pulled from the mardrug has been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, it sometimes turns out to be unsafe for long - term use and causes more harm than good, such as a popular weight loss drug that caused serious health problems in many of its users and was pulled from the marDrug Administration, it sometimes turns out to be unsafe for long - term use and causes more harm than good, such as a popular weight loss drug that caused serious health problems in many of its users and was pulled from the mardrug that caused serious health problems in many of its users and was pulled from the market.