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What are weight management loss medicines?

There are four types of main medicines with additional drugs which might be used in treatments.

  1. Drugs that effect absorption – Orlistat
  2. Drugs that suppress appetite - Phentermine, Diethylpropion
  3. Drugs that enhance satiety – Sibutramine
  4. Bulking agents

Other medicines will include
  a. Anti depressants
  b. Anti insulin

 
 
 

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