The Use and Abuse of Drugs
The Use and Abuse of Drugs
The issues associated with drug use and abuse in contemporary society are vexing subjects, fraught with political agendas and ideals that often obscure essential information that teens need to know to have intelligent discussions about how to best deal with the problems associated with drug use and abuse.
Drugs: [...]
Healthy Ways to Lose Weight and Maintain Weight Loss
Healthy Ways to Lose Weight and Maintain Weight Loss
The focus of this site to this point has been using drugs, both prescription and over-the-counter, as an aid to losing weight. Before drugs are used, however, other steps must be taken to begin the weight loss process. The first is to assess [...]
Experimental Obesity Drug APD356 Reported Effective in Small, Short Trial
A year ago at this time, millions of overweight and obese An experimental drug for the treatment of obesity, APD356, reportedly produced encouraging results in a relatively small four week clinical trial, according to a statement released by Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc Acomplia (rimonabant) .
Arena said [...]
Quitting smoking rimonabant
Quitting smoking rimonabantQuitting smoking is difficult, and the fact that quitting smoking often leads to unhealthy weight gain is often a justification for people to delay their attempts to break free from their habit.
Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the world today, and if [...]
Regulators Will Be Wary in Weighing Up Acomplia
The Guardian, in the following story published on January 10, 2005, says that while Sanofi is confident it has a winner in the new anti–obesity drug Acomplia, it can expect close scrutiny during the approval process of the side effects.
Want to lose weight, stop smoking and cut [...]
New Patients Sought for Study of Acomplia Role in Curbing Alcohol Consumption
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is continuing to seeking volunteers for a Phase II clinical trial exploring the potential of the promising obesity drug Acomplia (rimonabant) (rimonabant) in curbing alcohol consumption.
A spokesperson for NIAAA said the trial of “Rimonabant to Reduce Alcohol Consumption,” [...]
Diet Drug Acomplia (Rimonabant, Zimulti) Reaches End of Road
The end of the road for diet drug Acomplia (Rimonabant, Zimulti) was effectively reached on Nov. 5th when French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis announced it was halting all further research on what it once expected to be the next blockbuster diet pill.
“ It’s over,” Sanofi spokesperson Jean Marc [...]
Commentary: Mythology of Acomplia Plays to Magic Pill Approach to Health
Mike Adams, a holistic nutritionist who has authored a number of books on nutrition, wellness, food toxicology and the causes of disease and health, has written the following commentary on the weight-loss drug Acomplia. The views are his own, and are reported because of the widespread interest in [...]
