Metro doctor�s small study finds weight-loss drug combo may be beneficial
Metro doctor�s small study finds weight-loss drug combo may be beneficial
LIBERTY, Mo. - Exercise more and eat less. That�s the best way to slim down. However, many people want additional the help of medication. A Liberty doctor who specializes in weight reduction did a small study. He had patients take two prescription weight reduction drugs together. The email address details are promising. Contrave
Belviq can be a weight-loss drug introduced in the U.S. a year ago. It�s had a cold reception as a result of cost and slim results - up to 5 percent of weight lost following a year.
Dr. Robert Huster of Liberty wondered if results would overcome adding another weight reduction drug, phentermine. It�s an old drug which was part of the fen-phen combination within the 1990s that resulted in heart valve damage along with other problems. But studies didn�t implicate phentermine alone.
�No association with those health problems from phentermine alone,� said Dr. Huster.
Recently, Dr. Huster had 30 obese patients try phentermine with a half-dose of Belviq. Rochelle Allsbury, who works in his office, was one.
�My appetite would be a lot less. I didn�t want food. I could see that easy and go hmm, I don�t want it,� said Allsbury.
Dr. Huster says phentermine is surely an hunger controller while Belviq enhances the a feeling of fullness. The 22 patients who finished the study lost around 28 pounds in 12 weeks.
�Our defacto standard for weight loss is between 5 and 10 %. We got 12 %, and then we were happy your,� said Dr. Huster.
He presented findings at a meeting from the American Society of Bariatric Physicians. He knows more scientific studies are needed directly comparing the mixture to each and every drug individually, and also looking for possible negative effects and risks of the two drugs combined.
�Ongoing observation of this must occur,� said Dr. Huster.
Allsbury says she'd some xerostomia. She�s continued to accept Bel-phen combo and has lost 32 pounds in 15 months.
She says her weight-loss has plateaued.
�I have lessened through to being strict in what I�m eating, however still don�t possess the cravings. I still don�t hold the hunger,� she said. Weightloss
Study participants were told to consume an altered low-carb diet also to exercise 30 minutes a day. Dr. Huster says drugs won�t help without that spotlight to eating and working out. Participants visited with the doctor once every two weeks.
The maker of Belviq is also funding some study of the combination, and email address details are expected early next year.
LIBERTY, Mo. - Exercise more and eat less. That�s the best way to slim down. However, many people want additional the help of medication. A Liberty doctor who specializes in weight reduction did a small study. He had patients take two prescription weight reduction drugs together. The email address details are promising. Contrave
Belviq can be a weight-loss drug introduced in the U.S. a year ago. It�s had a cold reception as a result of cost and slim results - up to 5 percent of weight lost following a year.
Dr. Robert Huster of Liberty wondered if results would overcome adding another weight reduction drug, phentermine. It�s an old drug which was part of the fen-phen combination within the 1990s that resulted in heart valve damage along with other problems. But studies didn�t implicate phentermine alone.
�No association with those health problems from phentermine alone,� said Dr. Huster.
Recently, Dr. Huster had 30 obese patients try phentermine with a half-dose of Belviq. Rochelle Allsbury, who works in his office, was one.
�My appetite would be a lot less. I didn�t want food. I could see that easy and go hmm, I don�t want it,� said Allsbury.
Dr. Huster says phentermine is surely an hunger controller while Belviq enhances the a feeling of fullness. The 22 patients who finished the study lost around 28 pounds in 12 weeks.
�Our defacto standard for weight loss is between 5 and 10 %. We got 12 %, and then we were happy your,� said Dr. Huster.
He presented findings at a meeting from the American Society of Bariatric Physicians. He knows more scientific studies are needed directly comparing the mixture to each and every drug individually, and also looking for possible negative effects and risks of the two drugs combined.
�Ongoing observation of this must occur,� said Dr. Huster.
Allsbury says she'd some xerostomia. She�s continued to accept Bel-phen combo and has lost 32 pounds in 15 months.
She says her weight-loss has plateaued.
�I have lessened through to being strict in what I�m eating, however still don�t possess the cravings. I still don�t hold the hunger,� she said. Weightloss
Study participants were told to consume an altered low-carb diet also to exercise 30 minutes a day. Dr. Huster says drugs won�t help without that spotlight to eating and working out. Participants visited with the doctor once every two weeks.
The maker of Belviq is also funding some study of the combination, and email address details are expected early next year.