Q: How will a doctor evaluate the patient if he needs an appetite suppressant medication treatment?

A: The physician will check on some factors if the patient needs a prescription for appetite suppressant medication treatment for obesity. A careful evaluation and examination should be done to determine how overweight a patient is. The doctor will do the following:

- Perform a physical examination
- Take a medical history whether illnesses related to overweight...

The words anorectic or anorexigenics, commonly used for anti-obesity drugs, mean anorexia or lack of appetite. They come from the Greek words an, meaning “not�, and orexi, meaning “appetite�.
Anorectic drugs or agents are used for the purpose of diminishing the appetite for overweight individuals with or without medical risk conditions. These drugs speed up the Central Nervous System (CNS), producing amphetamine-like effects, but are generally less potent. They all have sympathomemetic...

Accomplia, generic name Rimonabant, is a cannabinoid receptor CB1 antagonist. It’s indicated to reduce the appetite by blocking the CB1 receptor from the brain. This receptor stimulate appetite so when they are subdued, so is the need to eat. This anorectic anti-obesity drug is also known as SR141716, Riobant, Slimona, Rimoslim, and Zimulti. In adults, the recommended dosage is one 20mg tablet daily to be taken in the morning before breakfast.
This is the first CB1 receptor blocker...

Hoodia Gordonii is a succulent spiky plant, roughly the same size and shape as a cucumber. This plant is native to the African Kalahari desert and is considered food by the primitive tribes called the San Bushmen, featured in the movie “Gods must be Crazy�, who call it Xhoba. They have been eating the bitter Hoodia plant for centuries, to suppress hunger and thirst on long hunting trips. The San tribe has been eating this plant for generations by learning from their forefathers. It is their...

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Dutasteride and Finasteride both work in inhibiting 5-alpha-reductase (5AR), the enzyme that causes the conversion of testosterone to dihytestosterone (DHT). DHT is a powerful sex hormone that...