Pharmacotherapy for weight management
Palatty, P.L.; Saldanha, E.
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 60: 34-40; 45
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772 PMID: 22799113 Document Number: 663023
Weight management means lifestyle modification, behavioral therapy, pharmacotherapy and surgery. Drugs have wide ranging side effects and contraindication for its widespread use. Orlistat and sibutramine are the most popular in the present day context. Anti depressants especially fluoxetine is a valuable adjunct for therapy of obesity. There are many newer concepts in weight management and these are mainly hormonal and receptor based, thereby reducing the uncalled adverse effects of drugs like orlistat and sibutramine. Anti-obesity vaccine, an immunotherapy to be looked out for.