Monday, July 8, 2013

Drug to solve obesity problem


Obesity means having too much fat in our body. If your weight is greater than what is appropriate for you, then that is also considered as obese. It is usually occurs when the food we eat have more calories than what we only need. Many things that are need to considered which greatly affect our weight these including eating high-fat foods, genetic make-up, over eating and also having sedentary lifestyle.

                Obesity can increase our risk of having major medical problems like diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases, cancers and many more. And if we’ll just take this for granted, for sure our life here on earth will be shorter. As of today’s generation, medications to manage obesity are now available in the market and their main priority is to maintain your body in tone and to have a healthy weight. Some of them are:

1.       Orlistat (Xenical)- It usually acts on blocking the fat digestion and absorption in your stomach and interstines.

2.       Lorcaserin (Berliq)- It stimulate the chemicals present in your brain to help lowered your appetite and makes you always feel full.

3.       Qsymia- It is widely use by the adults as approved by the FDA for weight loss medication.

4.       Adipex-P and Suprenza- Also approved by the FDA

Before taking any medication for weight loss, you must first ask advice from your doctor to know the advantage and disadvantage of it.


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