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News »February 2006

Acomplia has the potential to beat the diet pill curse

February 12, 2006

Diet pills are an easy way to lose weight and that's why they've been greeted with such enthusiasm over the years. But safe and easy weight loss has been an unfulfilled promise until the development of Rimonabant (Acomplia), a diet pill which might break the curse associated with obesity drugs. Starting in the 1950s, millions of overweight Americans were prescribed diet pills amphetamines to shed a few extra pounds. Although such stimulants were only supposed to be taken for a few months at a time, but many people continued it for a long time.

Almost a decade ago, doctors began to combine two diet pills that had been around for decades. The combination of fenfluramine and phentermine seemed to work better than either drug alone. The only trouble was that the combination led to heart-valve complications. But the diet pill Acomplia is an exception as it offers multiple benefits.

Read the complete news story here: http://www.chron.com

 



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