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

Holly R Wyatt; James O Hill

doi:10.3810/pgm.2004.01.1410

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.

Authors

Holly R Wyatt¹, James O Hill

Affiliation

¹ Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Centers for Obesity Research and Education, Denver, CO, USA. holly.wyatt@uchsc.edu

PMID: 14755876
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