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Article Summary: Meridia is just one of two weight-loss drugs currently approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the second being Xenical (orlistat).
Meridia Works Best With Healthy Eating, ExerciseProving again that there's no silver bullet for battling obesity, a new study finds the weight-loss drug Meridia is most effective when users also eat right and get off the couch.
Weight-loss pills "shouldn't be used alone," said Dr. Susan Yanovski, director of the Obesity and Eating Disorders Program at the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. She's also the author of a commentary on the Meridia (sibutramine) study, published in the Nov. 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
"The real take-home message from this article is that when you combined lifestyle modification with the weight-loss drug, you lost twice as much weight," she said. "You lost more than 26 pounds with combined treatment vs. 11 pounds with sibutramine alone."
Meridia is just one of two weight-loss drugs currently approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the second being Xenical (orlistat). A second article in the same issue of the journal found promising results for a third medication, rimonabant, which is currently undergoing FDA review. Read more at healthfinder.gov If you or anyone you know has taken Meridia and has experienced any negative symptoms or side-effects, please contact our expert lawyers and obtain a case evaluation at no cost to you..
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