La Dirección General de Medicamentos Insumos y Drogas (DIGEMID), es la autoridad de los productos farmacéuticos en el país y le mencionamos que la suspensión, cancelación o modificaciones los insertos de los productos farmacéuticos registrados en nuestro país se realiza mediante un proceso de manejo y gestión de riesgos, y la toma de decisiones se basa en un informe técnico realizado por profes...

For consumers who want to lose weight, using a product claiming to make that weight loss easier may be an attractive option. Herbal products are often perceived as safe because they are ‘natural’. However, these products are not free of risks. Herbal products themselves can be a cause of adverse drug reactions but these products can also be adulterated with active pharmacological ingredients. A...

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Moderate weight loss improves metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors and prevents the progression to Type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, a healthy lifestyle is associated with lower cardiovascular mortality, whereas sustained weight loss and increased fitness are both associated with reduced cardiovascular mortality. Currently available antiobesity drugs have been shown to deliver moderate weight ...

Ethnic minorities in the West exhibit a higher prevalence of obesity and also under-achieve in weight management compared to White Caucasians. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in adults (mean age ≥18 years, duration ≥6 months and published in the English language) was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of antiobesity drugs in ethnic minorities and White Caucasian...

INTRODUCTION About one third of the US population and one quarter of the UK population are obese, with increased risks of hypertension, dyslipidaemia, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis, and some cancers. Fewer than 10% of overweight or obese adults aged 40 to 49 years revert to a normal body weight after 4 years. Nearly 5 million US adults used prescription weight-loss medication...

Besides genetic predisposition, obesity is the most important risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Even modest weight reduction can improve blood glucose control in overweight subjects. After failure of lifestyle modifications, antiobesity drugs such as orlistat, a potent and selective inhibitor of gastric and pancreatic lipases that reduces lipid intestinal absorption, ...