10 Essential Facts About Weight Loss Medication
If you have a lot of weight to lose, and diet and exercise alone haven't worked, prescription meds may give you the weight loss boost you need.
By Beth W. Orenstein
As with most medication, weight loss drugs come with risks.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved four drugs since 2012 that are designed to help obese adults shed some of their excess weight, but consumers' actual knowledge about the drugs varies greatly. Although weight loss results are modest, these drugs — Belviq (lorcaserin hydrochloride), Contrave (naltrexone hydrochloride and bupropion hydrochloride), Qsymia (phentermine and topiramate), and Saxenda (liraglutide) — “can give some patients an edge when it comes to losing weight, but they come with risks,” says Kim Gudzune, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine and an obesity expert at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.
https://www.everydayhealth.com/news/things-your-doctor-wont-tell-you-about-weight-loss-drugs/