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2. Orlistat - Wikipedia

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   Orlistat, sold under the brand name Xenical among others, is a medication used to treat obesity. Its primary function is preventing the absorption of fats from the human diet by acting as a lipase inhibitor, thereby reducing caloric intake. It is intended for use in conjunction with a healthcare provider-supervised reduced-calorie diet.

3. Sibutramine - Wikipedia

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   Sibutramine is a serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) that, in humans, reduces the reuptake of norepinephrine (by ~73%), serotonin (by ~54%), and dopamine (by ~16%), [ 22] thereby increasing the levels of these substances in synaptic clefts and helping enhance satiety; the serotonergic action, in particular, is thought to ...

4. What Is the Strongest Weight Loss Prescription Pill? - AOL

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   Orlistat (Xenical, Alli). Orlistat works by preventing your body from absorbing dietary fats. It inhibits lipase, an enzyme in the intestine that breaks down fat molecules. This leads to reduced ...

5. Anti-obesity medication - Wikipedia

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   e. Orlistat (Xenical), the most commonly used medication to treat obesity and sibutramine (Meridia), a medication that was withdrawn due to cardiovascular side effects. Anti-obesity medication or weight loss medications are pharmacological agents that reduce or control excess body fat. These medications alter one of the fundamental processes of ...

6. Pfizer moves forward with once-daily weight-loss pill - AOL

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   July 11, 2024 at 8:34 AM. By Michael Erman and Manas Mishra. (Reuters) -Pfizer plans to move a reworked, once-a-day version of its weight-loss pill danuglipron into clinical trials later this year ...

7. Pfizer's twice-daily weight-loss pill discontinued due to ...

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   The clinical trial did find that twice-daily danuglipron led to "statistically significant" weight loss, the company said: Participants were down between 8% to 13% of their body weight on average ...