Commonly prescribed oral anti-obesity medication and alternative anorectics

Julien S. Baker; Bruce Davies; Michael R. Graham

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-53535-1_10

Commonly prescribed oral anti-obesity medication and alternative anorectics

Julien S. Baker, Bruce Davies, Michael R. Graham

School of Health and Life Sciences

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Abstract

Epidemiological studies of anti-obesity medicines depict short-term success, but long-term contraindication and failure. The health and fitness industry demonstrates an exponential increase in banned or withdrawn medicines. Everyone is in pursuit of the ``golden bullet''. How effective are the older prescription medicines such as orlistat? History has demonstrated retrospectively that the ``fen-phen'' prescriptive phenomenon cost countless lives and billions of dollars in compensation. New medicines and lower doses of older failed medications to combat the obesity pandemic are being researched. A complete re-assessment of what is available and what is worthwhile is required.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Chemically Modified Bodies
Subtitle of host publication	The Use of Diverse Substances for Appearance Enhancement
Editors	Matthew Hall, Sarah Grogan, Brendan Gough
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan US
Chapter	10
Pages	173-199
Number of pages	27
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-137-53535-1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-137-53534-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53535-1_10
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Commonly prescribed oral anti-obesity medication and alternative anorectics. / Baker, Julien S.; Davies, Bruce; Graham, Michael R.
Chemically Modified Bodies: The Use of Diverse Substances for Appearance Enhancement. ed. / Matthew Hall; Sarah Grogan; Brendan Gough. London: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2016. p. 173-199.

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