Drug weight loss is an auxiliary means of obesity treatment. This is a common sense that obese friends must recognize, or it can be called a cruel truth. Obese people should not use this as the main method. Generally, drug treatment is only given for severe obesity. In theory, all kinds of weight loss drugs have adverse reactions, and long-term application will cause the human body to become dependent on the drug and cause irreparable damage to the body. Drugs cannot change the behavioral characteristics that cause obesity, such as eating habits, exercise, work and rest habits, and environmental factors. Therefore, the pros and cons should be weighed when choosing drug therapy.
- Use weight loss drugs must strictly control the indications
Which drug is used by whom is best treated under the guidance of a specialist. Patients with the following conditions should take diet pills:
(1) First, you use the formula mentioned above to calculate your ideal body weight (standard body weight), and then compare it with your actual body weight to see if you are really obese, and only those who are more than 20% of the normal weight Really fat. The reason why this point is highlighted is that we see that today, with the slim body, the ideal weight in people’s minds is unrealistically reduced, and having a fashion model-like figure has become the pursuit of many young women. So, unless you are really obese, don’t over-diet, let alone take medicine to lose weight. Only those with moderate to severe obesity, that is, overweight by more than 30%, can take weight-loss drugs at the same time as diet and exercise treatment.
(2) Obese patients, after strict diet control and exercise treatment, began to be effective. However, due to various reasons, the patient could not stick to it, and the weight rebounded. At this time, it is wise to take some medicines in conjunction with the treatment.
(3) Some people lose weight to a certain extent after diet control and physical exercise, but the weight rises again after half a year. At this time can take diet pills.
(4) For some obese people with peptic ulcer, it is difficult to control with diet therapy, and some drugs can be added.
(5) Those who fail to lose weight by dieting can take diet pills for treatment.
- choice of drug
Over the years, countries around the world have spent billions of dollars on research and development of weight-loss medicines, and there are various weight-loss medicines on the market, especially more than 90 weight loss products that are officially sold in the Chinese market. Faced with these endless weight loss products, consumers are often dazzled and do not know how to hobby, so they often “follow the advertisements”. However, some diet product advertisements often exaggerate and mislead consumers. Even consumers can’t tell what the mechanism of action is after taking a diet product for a few months. It is worth mentioning that there are many factors involved in weight loss. What we need is the consumption of fat, not the loss of muscle and water. There are many weight loss pills on the market that advertise how much weight you can lose in a week. Don’t be superstitious about these advertisements. Some medicines may contain cathartic or diuretic drugs, which may lose some weight in the short term, but lose water and electrolytes. . You may feel dizzy, dry mouth, and weak. And the “weight loss” effect of these drugs is not long-lasting. The choice of medication for weight loss is critical to the efficacy and safety of weight loss. Due to some very popular appetite suppressants in foreign countries, such as fenfluramine, it has serious complications to the heart, so it has been banned in the United States. Therefore, when obese people lose weight, they must understand the ingredients and principles of various drugs. For those relatively “mysterious” weight loss products on the market today, they must be responsible for their own health.
- Timing of medication
Appetite suppressants can be used in obese adults and selected obese adolescents. These drugs may be used when dietary restriction, exercise, and behavioral therapy have not been sufficiently effective. Appetite suppressants can reduce hunger and cause rapid weight loss. In combination therapy, if the dose has been adjusted or the maximum tolerated dose of appetite suppressants has been used for 3-4 weeks without significant weight loss, the treatment of such drugs should be discontinued; if the weight loss continues, it can be repeated. Continue to apply for a while.
- duration of medication
Some people advocate that appetite suppressants can only be used for a short period of time when the effect of diet control is not good, but others think that appetite suppressants can be used for a long time to maintain the effect of weight loss and prevent weight gain.
