Some medications for weight loss can be deadly. At risk are people with heart problems. The list of such medicines for weight loss includes, for example, the drug " Meridia ». Doctors prescribe it to patients for weight loss. But the researchers found an unpleasant fact. Use of the drug " Meridia » increases the risk of heart attack or stroke in obese people. The results of the experimental work of scientists published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
During the study, experts examined data on 10,744 people who are overweight. Some of them suffered from heart disease, Type II diabetes and other chronic diseases. We studied the state of health of patients taking a drug for weight loss.
As a result, scientists have concluded that the use of medicines for weight loss indeed pose a threat to health and life. However, only those who are already predisposed to such diseases. Those who suffer from diabetes of the second type, but did not complain of heart, did not show any adverse reactions to the use of the drug. To blame for this negative effect of the components " Meridia » and similar medicines. He called sibutramine. The substance sibutramine, an appetite suppressant, specifically acting on certain areas of the brain.
Lead researcher Dr. Philip James, an expert in obesity, said the results of his team convincingly prove the following. Do not prescribe medications for weight loss people who suffer from cardiovascular diseases. But healthy people can take such medicines without fear.
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