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Rx Diet Drugs Produce Modest Results
T hink
you're going to lose 75 or 100 lbs. on current obesity meds? Be more
realistic. Canadian researchers reviewed 30 trials of three weight
loss drugs - orlistat (marketed as Xenical and as the over-
the-counter non-prescription product Alli), sibutramine (Meridia)
and rimonabant (not FDA approved or available in the United States).
The nearly 20,000 people in the trials weighed an average of 220
pounds. Their weight loss? An average of 5% of total weight loss, or
less than 11 pounds. "Most patients will remain considerably obese
or overweight even with drug treatment," concluded the reviewers,
led by Raj Padwel, M.D., of Canada's University of Alberta.
"These results are indeed modest," says Gary D. Foster, director
of Temple University's Center for Obesity Research and Education. On
the other hand, Foster says, even a drop of 5% of body weight can
improve blood pressure and levels of blood sugar and cholesterol.
The study was reported in the Dec. 8, 2007 issue of the British
Medical Journal.
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