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Multidisciplinary Approach to Obesity Management: A Case Report
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Person-centered choice of anti-obesity pharmacotherapy
Sanjay Kalra1, Saurabh Arora2, Nitin Kapoor3
1Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India.
Abstract:
Several novel drugs are being developed for the management of obesity. While this offers newer opportunities for weight management, it also creates challenges for the treating physician to choose the appropriate drug for a given patient in clinical practice. This communication provides a clinically oriented classification of anti-obesity medications, which will help in person-centered choice of therapy. It lists drugs as calorie restrictors (appetite suppressants), calorie restriction mimetics (absorption inhibitors), calorie substitutes (medical nutrition therapy), and calorie utilizers (energy expenditure enhancers). This novel classification will help provide a patient centered pharmacotherapy in the management of obesity.
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