Diet Pills
By Cathy Chang
Article
Obese patients taking the weight-loss drug rimonabant — also known as Acomplia — have an increased risk of developing severe depression and anxiety, a new study reports. In addition to a potential risk of depression and anxiety, the FDA also found an increased chance of irritability, insomnia, panic attacks, aggression and suicide in patients taking the diet pill. Several patients taking rimonabant were prescribed antidepressants or tranquillizers to keep their symptoms under control. Evidence suggests that obese people may, on the whole, be even more prone to depression in the first place. Studies found a modest 5 percent to 10 percent decrease in weight in patients taking rimonabant. Study authors note that this weight loss would most likely not be sustained once treatment ended, and the patient would need to continue taking the drug for life to see lasting improvement in obesity-related risk factors.
Questions
you ever worried about your weight? What have you done to loose weight? What do you think is the best way to loose weight? Why do you think that people would prefer to take diet pills? What has caused this focus on weight in today’s society?
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Vocabulary
Obese 過胖的 Severe 嚴重的 Potential 可能性;潛力,潛 能 Irritability 易怒 Insomnia 不眠症 Panic attacks 恐慌發作 Aggression 侵略 Antidepressants 抗抑鬱的 Tranquilizers 鎮定劑 Symptoms 症狀,徵候
Prone 有...傾向的 Modest 適度的 Sustained 持久的;持續的 Risk factors 風險因素
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Acomplia? New Study Lends Weight to FDA Concerns
– http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Depressi on/Story?id=3872658&page=3