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Anorectic drugs for appetite reduction.
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Anorectic drugs for appetite reduction.

Here Mr Ahmed, Bariatric surgeon, discusses what anorectic drugs are and how they work with mention of side effects.

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What are anorectic drugs? Anorectic drugs are drugs that stimulate reduction appetite. So a number of drugs were available for this in the past, for example, amphetamines, but these are now withdrawn because of various side effects. There are other drugs that are currently available to reduce appetite And they basically work by reducing various hormones in the body or increasing various hormones in the body to reduce appetite.

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