What are Weight Loss Medications?

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Weight Loss Medications (Anti Obesity
Medications)
What are Weight Loss Medications? Weight loss
medications, sometimes also known as weight loss
drugs or anti-obesity medications, are
prescription drugs that reduce your appetite and
food cravings. Over the past several years, the
FDA has approved a number of anti-obesity
medications that help control appetite and food
cravings Because weight loss drugs make you less
hungry, they also reduce the number of calories
your body takes in each day. Over time, eating
fewer calories will make you lose weight. Some
anti-obesity medications also help decrease
cravings and control compulsive eating,
particularly for sweets and fatty, salty,
high-calorie foods.

• What do Doctors Prescribe for Weight Loss?
• FDA-approved weight loss medications include
• Phentermine (Adipex, Lomaira) - Phentermine is a
  pill that you take through the mouth. It is a
  stimulant that has similar effects to
  amphetamines. It is an appetite suppressant and
  has been on the market since the 1970s.
• Lorcaserin (Belviq) - Lorcaserin (also known as
  Belviq) is a weight loss pill that was approved
  by the FDA in 2012. It works by selectively
  targeting hunger receptors in your brain that
  researchers believe help you feel fuller, and
  therefore help you eat less.
• Phentermine/topiramate ER (Qsymia) -
  Topiramate/topomax is a pill that helps manage
  binge eating and promotes weight loss. Topiramate
  is an anticonvulsant drug, which means that it
  belongs to a class of drugs that help treat
  seizures. You

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• should take a small dose of this medicine. Some
  people also use them to prevent migraines.
• Naltrexone/buproprion HCL (Contrave) - Contrave
  (also known as naltrexone HCL or bupropion HCL)
  is made up of two medications naltrexone HCL and
  bupropion HCL. Naltrexone HCL is used to treat
  opiate addiction, while bupropion HCL is used to
  treat depression. Both of these medicines work
  together to decrease your appetite and control
  some cravings.
• Liraglutide (Saxenda)
• Victoza (also known as Liraglutide) is injected
  into your skin. When taken at a certain dosage,
  it helps decrease your appetite and control some
  food cravings. It also decreases blood sugar
  levels in people who have diabetes.
• Saxenda (also known as Liraglutide) is an
  injection that helps people lose weight by
  lowering appetite and controlling food cravings.
  It uses the same active ingredient as Victoza,
  but you must not use these two medicines
  together.

I am Over 65. Can I Take Weight Loss
Medications? Your doctor might prescribe weight
loss medications to you if you are between the
ages of 1864. But there is no evidence that
weight loss medications work in adults over the
age of 65.
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• How much Weight will I Lose?
• Combining weight loss medications with diet and
  exercise, most people lose 7.522 pounds more
  than with diet and exercise alone.
• Health Benefits of Losing Weight
• There are also positive health benefits
  associated with losing weight. Losing just five
  to ten percent of your body weight will lower
  your
• Blood pressure,
• Glucose (blood sugar).
• Lipid levels (fats), and
• Losing five to ten percent of your body weight is
  a good starting goal for many patients. Here are
  some facts on weight loss and health
• Losing just three to five percent of your body
  weight will lower your chances of getting heart
  disease.
• High blood pressure is twice as common for obese
  adults than adults who are not obese.
• For every two pounds you gain, your chances of
  developing arthritis go up by nine to thirteen
  percent.
• For every two pounds you gain, this puts another
  four pounds of pressure on your knees. Being
  overweight increases your risk of having knee
  pain.
• Older adults who are obese have lower muscle
  mass. This means they are more likely to fall
  and fracture bones.
• People who are overweight have higher odds of
  dying or having severe complications during
  surgery.
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