Is pharmacotherapy enough for urgent weight loss in severely obese patients?

Javier Gargallo-Vaamonde; Carolina M Perdomo; Magdalena de la Higuera; Gema Frühbeck; Javier Salvador

doi:10.1080/14656566.2018.1559818

Is pharmacotherapy enough for urgent weight loss in severely obese patients?

Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2019 Mar;20(4):367-371. doi: 10.1080/14656566.2018.1559818. Epub 2018 Dec 21.

Authors

Javier Gargallo-Vaamonde¹, Carolina M Perdomo¹, Magdalena de la Higuera¹, Gema Frühbeck^{1

2

3}, Javier Salvador^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition , Clínica Universidad de Navarra , Pamplona , Spain.
² b Metabolic Research Laboratory , University of Navarra, IdiSNA , Pamplona , Spain.
³ c CIBEROBN, Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Madrid , Spain.

PMID: 30576254
DOI: 10.1080/14656566.2018.1559818

No abstract available

Keywords: GLP-1 receptor agonists; liraglutide; lorcaserin; naltrexone-bupropion; obesity; phentermine; phentermine-topiramate; semaglutide; very-low-calorie diets.

Publication types

Editorial