Archive for November, 2008

HealthDay - Possible Reason for Rimonabant's Side Effects Discovered

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

The weight-loss drug rimonabant has been associated with troubling psychiatric side effects, and now researchers think they have discovered why.
A receptor in the brain called TRPV1, which is central to learning and memory, may be blocked by large doses of rimonabant (Acomplia), resulting in depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts among some people taking the drug, a new study shows.
“We think that changes in the strength of connections be…

PR Newswire Europe - Improvement in Cardiovascular Risk Factors With Rimonabant Demonstrated in Two-Year Study.

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

ANTWERP, Belgium, March 8 /PRNewswire/ —
- Results from RIO-Europe trial demonstrated that first-year improvements in cardiovascular risk factors are seen through two-year study period

Luc Van Gaal, M.D.
Principal Investigator
RIO-Europe
On behalf of the RIO Steering Committee

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Acomplia Rimonabant For Obesity Treatment By Alena Dcosta

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Acomplia (Rimonabant) Effective weight loss and anti-obesity medicationApproximately two third of the population of all developed countries is either overweight or obese. Obesity greatly increases the risk of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease and many other fatal diseases. A lot of aids have come and gone to help fight obesity. Nevertheless, this health problem is spreading its tentacles over most developed nations.Beside…

PR Newswire Europe - Two-Year Data From the Rimonabant in Obesity (RIO)-Europe Study to be Announced at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session 2005 in Orlando,…

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

ORLANDO, Florida, March 4 /PRNewswire/ — Obesity is a major public health burden and a key risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of mortality worldwide.(1)
The 2-year RIO-Europe trial is one of four Phase III studies comprising the RIO programme, which assesses the efficacy and safety of rimonabant, the first in a new class of therapeutic agents called CB1-blockers.

Acomplia Rimonabant: An Effective Weight Loss Drug

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

This is for all obese people under the sun. Are you guys aware of the hazards you are loaded with just because of your body weight?

Some extra fat in your body can completely turn your life into a matter of disgust. You must become careful by now. Extra fat means high blood pressure, high sugar and above all unwanted rise in the level of cholesterol. And a combination of all these becomes heavy on your cardio-metabolic system. You become an acute patient of hypertensio…

News About Obesity Drug Acomplia (rimonabant) and Diabetes Available From www.AcompliaReport.com

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

First results from a one-year trial of Acomplia (rimonabant) in reducing risk factors for obese diabetics can be found in The Acomplia Report (http://www.AcompliaReport.com).

Rimonabant-a Real Help for Young Mothers

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Maybe you are asking why is Rimonabant a help for young mothers

Well as you all know the world today is lead by beauty and women most of all are afected by that.For pregnant womens is very hard to see how their bodies are afected and all those transformations can be shocking.

The most difficult time is after they get bird and they just dont know how to lose weight.

Well the solution is simple now and it has really fast results.

Rimonabant Can Shoo Away Those Extra Fats

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Fat is a much needed component of body but like everything else having excess of it is not good for health. Excess fat means an individual has more chances of getting strokes, heart attacks, hypertension, diabetes…

Rimonabant Proving to Be a Well Tolerated Antiobesity Diet Pill

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Weight gain is becoming a common problem throughout the world. People seem to be struggling with excessive weight gain problems. If you are one of them and finding some truly healthy weight loss solutions to shed out those stubborn fats from your body then you must know the fact that there is no short cut. The fact is that you have to change your life style with more physical activity and less crappy eating. But dieticians suggest that if a diet pill is added to this changed life sty…

Clinical Psychiatry News - Rimonabant markedly improves cardiovascular risk profile.(Across Specialties)

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

NEW ORLEANS — Evidence is mounting that rimonabant, shown effective for weight loss and smoking cessation, independently improves patients’ cardiovascular risk profiles, F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, M.D. reported at the annual scie…