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Obesity cannot be cured by taking medicine alone, but taking medicine can help you lose weight. If you have improved your eating habits and exercised for 3 to 6 months to treat obesity, but have not lost 10% or less of your original weight, you can consider taking medication while continuing to improve your lifestyle. The so-called diet pills, known as weight loss pills, are taking anti-obesity drugs. However, when diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, which are complications accompanying obesity, need to be quickly improved, taking anti-obesity drugs can be considered early.
You can lose 5 to 10% of your initial body weight if you take the anti-obesity medication prescribed by your doctor. However, the response to the drug varies from person to person, and results that are less than the average may be obtained. In addition, if you practice hard eating habits and exercise, you can lose more weight than this. It is also important to note that if you stop taking the medication, you may gain weight again rapidly.
Anti-obesity drugs can be largely divided into drugs that suppress appetite itself and non-appetite suppressants. First, a typical appetite suppressant is a drug containing phentermine. It is a mechanism that suppresses appetite and increases energy expenditure by enhancing adrenergic stimulation. In addition, Phendimetrazine and Mazindol are commonly used drugs.
Appetite suppressants should only be taken for a short period of time. If the treatment response is sufficient after taking it for one month and there are no side effects, take it for up to 3 months. If you take it for a long time, you may develop a tolerance, decrease the appetite suppression effect, and increase your dependence on the drug. Common side effects of taking appetite suppressants include dry mouth, constipation, insomnia, tachycardia, and high blood pressure. Mild side effects may go away if you continue to take the medicine.
A drug that can be taken for a long time is a drug containing Orlistat, a fat absorption inhibitor. Orlistat has been proven to be safe even when taken long-term for 2 to 3 years. The mechanism of this drug is to block the decomposition of triglycerides into fatty acids that are easily absorbed by the body, so that ingested fat is not absorbed and excreted in the feces. Due to the nature of this mechanism, side effects such as frequent diarrhea, urgency, steatorrhea, and flatulence may occur. In addition, it is a medicine that does not have a significant effect unless you consume little fat on a daily basis.
Pregnant or lactating women, those with unstable angina, uncontrolled high blood pressure, anorexia nervosa, or active severe mental illness should not take obesity medications.
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