Weight-Loss Drugs: Is the Best Yet to Come?
The drugs companies are at it again trying to find a weight-loss panacea. Have they finally done it? According to Orexigen Therapeutics Inc., its new obesity-fighting drug Contrave will be the next big thing to whittle our waistlines. Orexigen says clinical trials showed a significantly higher weight loss for people on Contrave than those taking a placebo. Other benefits are supposed to include smaller waist circumference, lower triglycerides, increased "good" HDL cholesterol and lower blood sugar for people with diabetes. So far the most common side effects being reported are headache, nausea and constipation.
Orexigen claims that what will make Contrave the strongest contender in the fight against obesity is its ability to diminish food cravings. If we don't have a taste for high-calorie diet busters, maybe we can actually maintain healthy eating plans. So far, nothing has cleared the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), which means that while this sounds good, it won't be available until 2010 at the earliest.
Orexigen rivals Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Vivus Inc. are also trying to develop weight-loss drugs to bring to market.
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