The US Food and Drug Administration warns that prescription weight loss medicine Belviq might be associated with an increased risk of cancer.
The findings were the result of a clinical trial assessing the safety of the drugs Belviq and Belviq RX, or lorcaserin, the FDA announced on Tuesday.Half of America will be obese within 10 years, study says, unless we work together"At this time, the cause of the cancer is uncertain, and we cannot conclude that lorcaserin contributes to the cancer risk. However, we wanted to make the public aware of this potential risk.
What is obesity? 01:15Lorcaserin, an oral medication, was approved by the FDA in 2012 and made available by prescription the year following to help weight loss in adults who are obese or are overweight and have weight-related medical problems, according to the FDA.Lorcaserin -- available as Belviq, which is a twice-daily tablet, and Belviq XR, which is an extended-release once-daily tablet -- works by increasing feelings of fullness so that you eat less food.
Weight loss drugs approved for long-term use include orlistat , lorcaserin and liraglutide as well as the combination drugs naltrexone-bupropion and phentermine-topiramate .In one recent study, these drugs helped overweight or obese people lose at least 5% of their body weight at the end of a year -- that's at least 10 pounds if you weigh 200 -- compared with a placebo. Qsymia and Saxenda were associated with the highest odds of achieving that amount of weight loss.
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