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Drugs for weight loss

Drugs for weight loss

Medicine and Science from The BMJ

June 6, 201423m 20s

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Drugs to encourage weight loss have a chequered past, with many of them having been withdrawn from the market due to increased morbidity and mortality.

In this podcast Raj Padwal, associate professor of medicine at the University of Alberta, takes us through the remaining therapy Orlistat, and discusses the potential for two new therapies, Phentermine-ER topiramate, and Lorcaserin, which are being licensed in some countries

Read the full article: http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g3526