The Effective Use of Anti-obesity Medications. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Obesity is a heterogeneous disease and there is wide patient-to-patient variability in response to all anti-obesity treatments including lifestyle modifications, anti-obesity medications (AOMs), devices, and bariatric surgery. To effectively treat obesity, practitioners must be knowledgeable about all of these treatment modalities including on-label and off-label AOMs. Care should be individualized to the patient taking into consideration their unique challenges with weight loss, their goals, the presence of comorbidities, medication contraindications, and drug-drug interactions. There is currently no way to know which AOM will be most effective for a patient without trial and error; therefore, prescribe AOMs in sequence and consider combination therapy for optimal results. This article reviews the efficacy, safety, prescribing information, and other considerations for all of the currently available AOMs.

publication date

  • September 21, 2023

Research

keywords

  • Anti-Obesity Agents
  • Bariatric Surgery

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85172460010

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.gtc.2023.08.003

PubMed ID

  • 37919019

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 52

issue

  • 4