Is Fluoxetine an Effective Therapy for Weight Loss in Obese Patients?

American Family Physician

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2437-2438

  Epling, John ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; FLUOXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANXIETY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIET; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LIFESTYLE; LIVER TOXICITY; META ANALYSIS; NOTE; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; OBESITY; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0346732963     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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