Negative effects to organism by medications. for weight loss

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Event Abstract Back to Event Negative effects of medications for weight loss I Paspala1, Th Karagiorgos1, D Kapoukranidou2* and Α Tsiligiroglou - Fahantidou1 1 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Athletic Hygiene & Food, Greece 2 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Physiology, Medical School, Greece The rate of obesity and overweight grow up in our days is tremendous. Latest studies have shown that a percentage greater than 30% of people is obese, while a percentage greater than 65% is overweight. Beyond any conventional suggested measures (combination of training and diet), dietary supplements that lead to a loss of body fat make vigorous appearance, with a corresponding raise of the state expenses (as they are covered by public insurance funds). On the other hand, their effects on human organism are unfavorable and even dangerous. Medicines like Orlistat and Tesofensine have been established in pharmaceutical market. Body weight loss is tempting, but the side effects and the consequences of consuming these products, although not known yet, may be devastating. With some of these medicines, a body weight loss up to 5 kgr is possible but it may be accompanied by side effects of the digestive system, raise of blood pressure, reduction of lipids, hepatic disorders and psychiatric disorders. Proper information on the side effects of these medications is necessary in order to reduce side effects. Keywords: Obesity, Weight Loss, Medications Conference: 8th Southeast European Congress on Xenobiotic Metabolism and Toxicity - XEMET 2010, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1 Oct - 5 Oct, 2010. Presentation Type: Poster Topic: Xenobiotic toxicity Citation: Paspala I, Karagiorgos T, Kapoukranidou D and Tsiligiroglou - Fahantidou Α (2010). Negative effects of medications for weight loss. Front. Pharmacol. Conference Abstract: 8th Southeast European Congress on Xenobiotic Metabolism and Toxicity - XEMET 2010. doi: 10.3389/conf.fphar.2010.60.00183 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 28 Oct 2010; Published Online: 04 Nov 2010. * Correspondence: Dr. D Kapoukranidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Physiology, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece, dkapoukr@auth.gr Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers I Paspala Th Karagiorgos D Kapoukranidou Α Tsiligiroglou - Fahantidou Google I Paspala Th Karagiorgos D Kapoukranidou Α Tsiligiroglou - Fahantidou Google Scholar I Paspala Th Karagiorgos D Kapoukranidou Α Tsiligiroglou - Fahantidou PubMed I Paspala Th Karagiorgos D Kapoukranidou Α Tsiligiroglou - Fahantidou Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.