Pharmacotherapy in Obesity
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Pharmacotherapy of obesity
10.2217/14750708.5.2.223 © 2 Obesity is a major health problem with significant comorbidities. Its prevalence has dramatically increased over the last few decades, so that it is considered an international epidemic. Large epidemiologic studies have clearly associated obesity with cardiovascular disease and side effects in almost every organ system, so that the need for treatment appears to be i...
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BACKGROUND Obesity is a serious, chronic, relapsing disease of energy regulation, with strong genetic and early-life environmental determinants. Pharmacotherapy can be a useful adjunct to lifestyle intervention in effecting and maintaining clinically meaningful weight loss. OBJECTIVE The aim of this article is to discuss the role of pharmacotherapy in obesity management. The efficacy, side ef...
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عنوان ژورنال: IP International Journal of Comprehensive and Advanced Pharmacology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2581-5555,2456-9542
DOI: 10.18231/j.ijcaap.2020.024