What role for weight-loss medication? Weighing the pros and cons for obese patients

Postgrad Med. 2004 Jan;115(1):38-40, 43-5, 58. doi: 10.3810/pgm.2004.01.1410.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Obesity Agents / therapeutic use
  • Appetite Depressants / therapeutic use*
  • Cyclobutanes / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Lactones / therapeutic use
  • Life Style
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / drug therapy*
  • Orlistat
  • Patient Compliance
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Weight Loss*

Substances

  • Anti-Obesity Agents
  • Appetite Depressants
  • Cyclobutanes
  • Lactones
  • Orlistat
  • sibutramine