2018/12/07
Prescription obesity drugs

Why Aren’t Doctors Prescribing Obesity Drugs Proven to Work?

Why Aren’t Doctors Prescribing Obesity Drugs Proven to Work? Anyone who has struggled with losing weight and keeping it off knows that it’s a daily battle. But, doctors have also known for decades that people want to be able to find a way to lose the pounds and keep them off, without having to deal with unpleasant side effects in the process. During the 1990s, obesity drugs known as Phentermine and Fenfluramine were combined in the hopes that doctors could finally prescribe products that would work. Unfortunately, within a few years, the dangerous side effects of those obesity drugs started to become clear, with symptoms like damaged heart valves and pulmonary hypertension proving that the prescriptions were doing more harm […]