Pharmacotherapy of Obesity
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Basel :
Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Series: | Milestones in Drug Therapy,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7425-9 |
Table of Contents:
- Why drugs?
- Some historical aspects of drug treatment for obesity
- Regulation of energy balance - towards rational drug design in obesity
- Intestinal lipase inhibitors
- Sibutramine
- The endocannabinoid system as a target for obesity treatment
- Using the body's natural signals - gut hormones
- Influencing energy expenditure and substrate utilisation.