Z Li, M Maglione, W Tu, W Mojica, D … - Annals of internal …, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians Background: In response to the increase in obesity, pharmacologic treatments for weight loss
have become more numerous and more commonly used. ... Purpose: To assess the efficacy
and safety of weight loss medications approved by the US Food and Drug Administration ... Cited by 327 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
R Padwal, SK Li, DCW Lau - International journal of obesity, 2003 - nature.com CONTEXT: Safe and effective strategies to curb rising obesity prevalence rates are urgently needed
and medications may play a more prominent role in future therapeutic regimens. ...
OBJECTIVE: To review systematically the long-term efficacy and safety of approved ... Cited by 317 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►ahajournals.org S Klein, LE Burke, GA Bray, S Blair, DB Allison, X Pi- … - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc Obesity adversely affects cardiac function, increases the risk factors for coronary heart
disease, and is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The risk of developing
coronary heart disease is directly related to the concomitant burden of obesity-related risk ... Cited by 279 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
HE Bays - Obesity research, 2004 - toniyancey.com Abstract BAYS, HAROLD E. Current and investigational antiobesity agents and obesity therapeutic
treatment targets. Obes Res. 2004;12:1197–1211. Public health efforts and current antiobesity
agents have not controlled the increasing epidemic of obesity. Investigational antiobesity ... Cited by 127 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 9 versions
V Fonseca - The American journal of medicine, 2003 - Elsevier Treatment of diabetes mellitus with medications, including insulin, sulfonylureas, and thiazolidinediones
(TZDs), often leads to weight gain through a variety of mechanisms. Weight gain can have adverse
consequences for patients with type 2 diabetes, many of whom are overweight or obese, ... Cited by 107 - Related articles - All 8 versions
JD Douketis, C Macie, L Thabane, DF … - International Journal of …, 2005 - nature.com Dietary/lifestyle therapy provides <5 kg weight loss after 2–4 y, pharmacologic therapy provides
5–10 kg weight loss after 1–2 y, and surgical therapy provides 25–75 kg weight loss after 2–4
y. Weight loss of 5% baseline weight is not consistently associated with improvements in ... Cited by 106 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
SL Norris, X Zhang, A Avenell, E Gregg, CH … - Archives of internal …, 2004 - Am Med Assoc Results Sufficient data for the meta-analysis were available for fluoxetine, orlistat, and
sibutramine. Fourteen randomized, placebo-controlled trials were included in the review, with
a total of 2231 patients. Pharmacotherapy produced modest reductions in weight for ... Cited by 91 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org DE Kelley, LH Kuller, TM McKolanis, P Harper, J … - Diabetes Care, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—Weight loss resulted in substantial improvement (P < 0.001) in HbA 1c (−1.6 ± 0.3
vs. −1.0 ± 0.4%; NS between groups). IS improved significantly more with orlistat (Δ2.2 ± 0.4
vs. Δ1.2 ± 0.4 mg · min −1 · kg −1 fat-free mass [FFM]; P < 0.05), and plasma free fatty acid ... Cited by 86 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
- ►ecmaj.ca AYY Cheng, IG Fantus - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2005 - ecmaj.ca DIABETES MELLITUS IS A CHRONIC DISEASE that is growing in prevalence worldwide. Pharmacologic
therapy is often necessary to achieve optimal glycemic control in the management of
diabetes. Orally administered antihyperglycemic agents (OHAs) can be used either alone ... Cited by 71 - Related articles - All 16 versions
A Avenell, TJ Brown, MA McGee, MK … - Journal of Human …, 2004 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to display style sheets.
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