June 30: An update on the OSI weight loss and diabetes drug pipeline with a focus on the company's SNRI drug which it calls a "next generation sibutratine", and its GPR119 compound.

XENICAL is a prescription medication that can help considerably overweight people lose weight and keep it off. ... Weight-Loss Resources

WebMD looks at the pros and cons of prescription weight loss drugs. ... Currently, most available weight loss medications approved by the FDA are for short-term use, meaning a few weeks or months.

"Weight loss medications can be modestly effective, and enhance weight loss by 8%-10%, but medication does not work for everyone," says Robert Kushner, MD, a professor of medicine at...

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Until recently, all FDA-approved weight loss medications worked through decreasing calorie intake and to a lesser degree increasing calorie expenditure.

Weight loss is well maintained if drug treatment is continued. ... Obese Patients Get Patchy Weight-Loss Support From Their Local Health Surgery (July 31, 2007) — Most doctors' surgeries don't

Therapeutic options for these patients include promoting weight loss (non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment) and improving glycemic control, as well as treating common associated risk...

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Physicians are encouraged to follow professional guidelines when prescribing weight-loss medications.