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Belviq, the new miracle diet drug? Fat chance.
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.A new diet drug went on the market Tuesday. It’s expensive and has to be taken the rest of the patient’s life to continue to work. It comes with a long list of possible side effects, including common ones such as dizziness, fatigue and...Tags: Orlistat (drug), Placebo, Drugs and Medicines, Food and Drug Administration, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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FDA approves lorcaserin, first weight-loss drug since 1999
The Food and Drug Administration has approved marketing of the weight-loss drug lorcaserin, the first prescription anti-obesity medication to win the FDA's blessing since the agency approved orlistat in 1999. Once it is cleared by the Drug Enforcement...
Tags: Massachusetts General Hospital, Heart Attack, Phentermine (drug), Food and Drug Administration, Qsymia
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Briefs: Harvard Health Letters
Premium Health News ServiceBETTER HABITS COULD CUT CANCER DEATHS If we just implemented a few simple healthy strategies into our daily lives, we could dramatically reduce the number of cancer deaths in this country, according to the American Cancer Society's annual report,...Tags: Massachusetts General Hospital, Colleges and Universities, Food and Drug Administration, Heart Attack, Northwestern University
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FDA approves new diet drug
CNNThe Food and Drug Administration approved a new prescription diet drug called Qsymia on Tuesday. The medication produced dramatic weight loss in clinical trials, but some are concerned over potential side effects, including increased heart rate, birth...Tags: Cleft Lip and Palate, Food and Drug Administration, Phentermine (drug), Qsymia, Birth Control
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Weigh pros and cons of 2 new diet drugs
Weight-loss drugs have so far been a complete bust. But they may be verging on a comeback, now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved two new prescription diet pills for the first time in more than a decade. Both weight-loss medications...
Tags: Cleft Lip and Palate, Drugs and Medicines, Physical Conditions, Heart Attack, Food and Drug Administration
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