Weight Loss Medication Efficacy
We conducted a meta analysis of the efficacy of orlistat and sibutramine on weight body mass index waist circumference and cardiovascular risk factors in overweight adolescents.
Weight loss medication efficacy. In an analysis that included nearly 30 000 overweight or obese adults compared. Siddharth singh m d m s of the university of california san diego la jolla and colleagues conducted a systematic review and meta analysis of randomized clinical trials that included overweight and obese adults treated with fda approved long term weight loss agents for at. June 14 2016 source.
The average weight loss in the placebo group was 0 9 pounds 0 4 kilograms. Data collection data collected include baseline characteristics co morbidities perioperative parameters postoperative out comes type of weight loss medication and weight and 94 z. 2015 apr 23 suppl 1 s4 7.
Data on the comparative effectiveness of these drugs are limited. Although weight loss from all of these medications was limited to 5 to 10 of total body weight loss in the phase iii clinical trials patients are capabl efficacy comparison of medications approved for chronic weight management obesity silver spring. Study compares effectiveness of weight loss drugs date.
4 new weight loss drugs were approved recently and more are sure to come. Furthermore we were not able to analyze the efficacy of any specific drugs or the different combinations of the weight loss medications on weight loss outcome. Weight loss drugs have been developed to reduce the comorbidities associated with excess weight.
So the question is should you try one. Select drug class all drug classes hormones antineoplastics 1 cns stimulants 3 androgens and anabolic steroids 2 progestins 1 anorexiants 9 incretin mimetics 3. The jama network journals summary.
Surgery for obesity and related diseases 14 2018 93 98. While these results are intriguing the fact that the trial was small and lasted only eight weeks means the results can t be reliably generalized to real world situations. Drugs used to treat weight loss the following list of medications are in some way related to or used in the treatment of this condition.