Psychiatrist treating obesity?
Given that some of the antiobesity medications (Contrave, stimulants, even phentermine-topiramate) as well as nonpharmacological options such as therapy (lifestyle modification, behavioral activation, motivational interviewing) are within the scope of practice for psychiatry, I was wondering how common it is for psychiatrists to be treating obesity outside of antipsychotic-induced weight gain?
There are many more medications that we may not use (orlistat, GLP-1 agonists although this is...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 21, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: clozareal Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
Question about weight loss drugs
Do any of you know about Meridia and/or Xenical? I know that xenical works by blocking out any fat you eat, but what about carbohydrates? It seems fairly safe, the side effects seem mild but I don't know how effective it will be.
And Meridia works on the nervous system, that just seems weird to me. Do any of you know exactly how, or how well, either of these 2 drugs work??
Just Curious (I've been hearing alot about these two drugs lately),
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 8, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: laura_mideon Source Type: forums
