Day by day, obesity has been becoming a more growing concern among people. For many overweight people, it is too hard to maintain their work and daily activities. Till now, many
weight-loss medicines came in market but the failures have been more than the successes as only few drugs have shown proper result. For the obesity, Pharmacotherapy has a bothered past and future, according to Dr. Kevin Niswender who is an obesity expert at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. The main problem with weight loss drugs is that people wrongly believe that they do not require the harder work of exercise and dieting if they take any weight loss drug. Obesity experts or doctors who specially treat obese patients say that weight loss drugs should be utilized as an adjunct to lifestyle change. Here is a
review of some
latest weight-loss medications.
1. Qnexa
Manufactured by Vivus, Qnexa is a new prescription weight loss drug approved by FDA. Qnexa has been recommended for approval by an expert advisory panel on October, 2010. Qnexa induces considerably greater weight loss as it simultaneously targets satiety and appetite.
Ingredients : Qnexa is made up of two weight loss medications: an appetite suppressant, phentermine and anticonvulsant drug topiramate which offers weight loss but has some side effect.