An amazing fact to note is that weight loss is a problem that disturbs many people and the instances of people using weight loss drugs to lose weight are viewed with an eye of skepticism because they are thought not to work, but the interesting fact is that there are drugs that have been approved for weight loss and they do work. Pharmaceutical companies make these drugs all over the world and a word of caution is that they are not for cosmetic use and thus people that are only mildly overweight should not use them just to be able to get into tiny swimsuits. Medical weight loss drugs have a modest effect and they lead to a maximum ten percent loss in body weight and they do no replace the need for exercise and diet but are used in conjunction with the other lifestyle changes.

 

Many people amongst them doctors do not like the use of medical weight loss drugs to treat obesity because they believe that obesity just stemmed from a lack of willpower and they have a notion that If people stopped eating so much food and got off the couch to exercise then there would be no cases of obesity and thus they see no need for drugs. The defect in this ideology is that as much as lifestyle is a crucial factor in weight gain other issues like genetics and physiology are also a contributor and the variation in physiology among different people could be a cause of weight gain or even a hindrance to them shedding off weight and maintaining a healthy weight unlike other people.

 

It is vital to acknowledge that obesity is a leading cause of many health conditions that affect various parts of the body such as diabetes and high blood pressure whose effects can be substantially reduced by alterations in various lifestyle habits but the irony is that doctors still give medications without an emphasis on lifestyle changes that could reduce the effects of the disease. There is an increasing worry in the medical fraternity that states that since we do not refuse patients medication for conditions like high blood pressure and diabetes then why should obese patient be denied medications and if there exists medication that will make it easy for people to lose weight then the medication should be administered to treat obesity in addition to making the right lifestyle changes.

 

Currently there are two drugs that the food and drug administration has approved for treating long-term obesity and they work in different ways. One of these drugs works by affecting certain chemicals in the brain and increases the feeling of satiety while eating small food amounts while the other drug binds to fat cells in the intestines and prevents their absorption and this can reduce the amount of fat absorbed by as much as 30%.