
HealthDay - Diet Drug Rimonabant Tied to Depression, Anxiety
January 10th, 2009People who take the weight-loss drug rimonabant may face heightened risks for severe depression and anxiety, Danish researchers report.
The finding follows a recommendation by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel in June…
Core Evidence - Rimonabant: the evidence for its use in the treatment of obesity and the metabolic syndrome
January 8th, 2009 Abstract
Introduction: Obesity and overweight affect over 1 billion people worldwide and are leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Clinical features of obesity converge with those of the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, greatly increasing the risk of long-term adverse outcomes.
Aims: To review the evidence on rimonabant, a novel CB1 receptor antagonist, for the treatment of obese and overw…
Internal Medicine News - Rimonabant cuts rate of metabolic syndrome by 53%: selective endocannabinoid type 1 receptor blocker improves weight loss, lipid profile
January 4th, 2009MUNICH — The investigational drug rimonabant, first in a new class of agents known as selective endocannabinoid type 1 receptor blockers, is looking more and more like the real deal: a potential blockbuster drug causing sustained weight loss in the obese, reversal of t…
Clinical Psychiatry News - Rimonabant reduces CV risks in type 2 diabetes
January 1st, 2009 SAN DIEGO — The investigational drug rimonabant produces highly significant cardiovascular and metabolic benefit in patients with type 2 diabetes, Andre Scheen, M.D., reported at the annual scientific sessions of the American Diabetes Association.
Earlier this year, Sanofi-Aventis filed for U.S. and European licensure of the selective endocannabinoid type 1–receptor blocker, based on data from a series of phase III trials involving more t…
Internal Medicine News - Rimonabant cut Hb[A.sub.1c] in type 2 diabetic patients
December 28th, 2008 New data on rimonabant suggest that the selective endocannabinoid type 1-receptor blocker has beneficial effects on glycemic control and other risk factors in diabetic patients.
In treatment-naive patients with type 2 diabetes, 6 months of rimonabant t…
Chain Drug Review - Application withdrawn
December 27th, 2008Sanofi-aventis has withdrawn its application to sell rimonabant, an antiobesity drug. The decision came after a Food and Drug Administration panel recommended that the agency not approve the drug because of concerns that its use could lead to depression and suicidal thinking.
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Internal Medicine News - Rimonabant enhanced weight loss success, improved lipids
December 26th, 2008Rimonabant, an investigational drug that is a cannabinoid-1 receptor blocker, promoted modest but sustained decreases in weight and waist circumference when combined with a low-calorie diet, reported Dr. F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer of the Obesity Research Center at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New …
HealthDay - Weight-Loss Drug Fights Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
December 22nd, 2008Mice given the weight-loss drug rimonabant became resistant to alcohol’s fat-building effects in the liver, which suggests the medication may help fight alcoholic fatty liver in humans, says a U.S. study.
Alcoholism is the leading cause of liver disease in Western societies, according to background information in the study.
Rimonabant, which blocks cannabinoid receptors, is approved for weight loss in several European countries but ha…
Pharma Marketletter - Sanofi-Aventis’ Acomplia provides long-term cardiovascular benefits; two-year study.
December 19th, 2008New findings reported at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, Louisiana, show that first-year improvements in cardiovascular risk factors seen in obese patients treated with Sanofi-Aventis’ Acomplia (rimonabant) are sustained in the second year of therapy.
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Rimonabant Acomplia: Magical Tool to Fight Monstrous Obesity
December 15th, 2008Monster can be defeated only with the help of proper weapon. Obesity is a dangerous monster which is devouring people’s health and their lives. The devil never comes alone; then how can obesity come alone? High blood pressure, high blood sugar, kidney failure, heart attack, arthritis are the killers…

