Archive for December 26th, 2008

Internal Medicine News - Rimonabant enhanced weight loss success, improved lipids

Friday, December 26th, 2008

Rimonabant, 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 …