New Prescription Diet Pills

Three new prescription diet pills will soon hit pharmacy shelves in the US. A report by USA Today says these drugs are in the final stage of development as pharmaceutical companies race to see who will be first to grab a piece of the market and help alleviate the nation’s rising levels of obesity.

Although the pills still need to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, studies show that in combination with watching your calorie intake and regular exercise, the drugs could individuals lose 15% of their weight within one year.

The three drugs are:
Qnexa by Vivus – it reduces appetite and increases the sense of fullness.
Lorcaserin by Arena Pharmaceuticals – affects brain chemistry to make you feel full. Although some test subject experienced headaches, they lost about 17 pounds on average.
Contrave by Orexigen – it fights cravings and helps control your eating. But some side effects include nausea and constipation.

“We are going to need many different medications in order to treat obesity effectively in the same way we have many different drugs to treat high blood pressure,” Louis Aronne, director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Center at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, told USA Today.

Similarly, Donna Ryan, the associate executive director for clinical research at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, told the news agency: “Losing weight is hard, and we need more tools in our toolbox to help patients.”

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