Posted by SLS on April 17, 2014, at 9:40:59
In reply to Belviq: Finally an appropriate anorexiant? Maybe., posted by LouisianaSportsman on April 17, 2014, at 2:38:05
Thanks for the information!
- Scott
> Anorexiants cause side effects that may not be good, in particular, for patients that have psychiatric conditions, including anxiety.
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> Lorcaserin HCl is instead a primarily selective 5-HT2C receptor agonist and has been released since last summer (2013); sold as the medication, Belviq [Arena].
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> Belviq reviews on drugs.com: 148 reviews with a 9.4 average score. This is blockbuster status for a medicine less than a year old to have so many positive reviews on this website in a short duration.
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> The only thing I generally see mentioned to address weight is metformin, or hope that Topamax causes side effects. Is that the best some PDOCs will even offer?
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> The lack of this drug's popularity on forums may be due to lack of reception among the psychiatric community due to lorcaserin's serotonergic mechanism of action that causes a side effect profile also not partiuclarly indicated for patients diagnosed with some mental health disorders.
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> I think that the patient should be evaluated and prescribed first-line metformin with lorcaserin, if appropriate.
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> Psychiatric patients, in particular, DESERVE and NEED a weight-loss medicine that provides RESULTS, and I think Belviq may fit the bill for many patients that take neuroleptics, antidepressants and various other types of psychiatric medications that coagulate excess adipose tissue.
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> Does anyone have experience or thoughts?
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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