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  1. FDA Panel Gives Nod to New Diet Drug Lorqess

    Fri, 11 May 2012

    Benefits Despite the weight loss not being that impressive meeting said another weight - loss tool is sorely needed makers of the third weight - loss drug, a naltrexone / bupropion combination pill called Contrave , announced in 2011

  2. Qnexa Ruling Renews Debate About Its Risks and Benefits

    Thu, 23 Feb 2012

    any agents used in the past for weight loss ," said Dr. Chip Lavie, medical many experience with attempted weight loss with diet and exercise, which 2011, a panel recommended the weight loss drug Contrave for approval, but the FDA declined

  3. Baseball MVP Josh Hamilton Suffers Addiction Relapse

    Fri, 3 Feb 2012

    working to get Hamilton recovery-related support, which Sack said may include a combination of addiction medications like Naltrexone and individual therapy to explore what factors triggered his alcohol relapse. According to ESPN, Hamilton's struggles

  4. Makers of Obesity Pills Again Try to Win FDA Approval

    Fri, 16 Sep 2011

    three different weight - loss pills that of the drugs bupropion and naltrexone ( Contrave ) is mounting with previous weight - loss drugs -- notably agenda. No New Contrave Trial The agency treated with naltrexone / bupropion does not adversely

  5. The Beginning of the End of Residential Drug and Alcohol Treatment?

    Thu, 19 May 2011

    she has been taking -- and she is recommended to continue to take -- seven drugs: citalopram, an SSRI antidepressant; bupropion , an SNRI antidepressant; a small dose of an antipsychotic, aripiprazole, to augment the antidepressant effects of her

  6. Prescription Painkillers: Companies Attempt Abuse-Proof Opioids

    Thu, 21 Apr 2011

    agonists with antagonists, like adding naltrexone to oxycodone, or combining the opioid agonist-antagonist, is the morphine sulfate- naltrexone combo marketed as Embeda. The antagonist naltrexone -- which blocks opioid receptors

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  1. Diet Drugs: Weighing Risks, Benefits

    Fri, 8 Apr 2011

    phentermine, a drug approved for short-term weight loss , which helped her lose a measly four daily dose of Qnexa -- an experimental weight loss drug that combines phentermine with Williams said. The average percent weight loss among 995 patients who received Qnexa

  2. FDA Says No to Weight -Loss Combo Drug

    Thu, 3 Feb 2011

    combining bupropion and naltrexone for weight loss ( Contrave ) won't approval. For Contrave , the panel although the weight - loss benefit appeared favor. Both bupropion (Wellbutrin) and naltrexone (Vivitrol them for weight loss is new enough that the Contrave studies have

  3. Year in Review: More Scrutiny of Dietary Supplements

    Fri, 31 Dec 2010

    working together to stem the flow of illegally marketed drug products sold under the veil of "dietary supplements," including weight - loss , body-building, and sexual enhancement products. "Part of the difficulty in regulating dietary supplements is that

  4. FDA Panel Supports New Diet Pill After Rejecting Two Others

    Thu, 9 Dec 2010

    of three weight - loss pills that medication, Contrave , passed whether Contrave can be sold antidepressant bupropion (Wellbutrin cessation), and naltrexone , prescribed hearing, Contrave had mixed determining weight - loss drug success

  5. FDA Panel Endorses Contrave Weight -Loss Drug

    Tue, 7 Dec 2010

    the modest weight - loss benefits combination of naltrexone and bupropion -- marketed brand name Contrave -- outweigh patients on the naltrexone / bupropion combination group (P Contrave Yields modest Weight Loss , Research analysis, naltrexone / bupropion patients

  6. Vivitrol Monthly Shot Approved for Opioid Dependence

    Tue, 12 Oct 2010

    Vivitrol, a long-acting formulation of naltrexone (ReVia), is already approved as a addiction treatment." Vivitrol and naltrexone are opioid antagonists, which block a taste of opioid. Vivitrol, like naltrexone and buprenorphine, can be prescribed

  7. Buprenorphine Expands Access to Addiction Treatment

    Mon, 11 Oct 2010

    end of the treatment spectrum is the much less commonly used naltrexone (ReVia), an opioid antagonist approved in the 1980s for the car goes 100 miles per hour." "A full antagonist like naltrexone is a false key that jams the ignition and the car doesn't

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  1. FDA Considers New Treatment for Opiate Addicts

    Fri, 15 Oct 2010

    The FDA considers using injections of Naltrexone to fight painkiller addiction.

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  2. PHOTO An FDA advisory committee has voted 13-7 that the modest weight-loss benefits of an investigational combination of naltrexone and bupropion -- marketed under the brand name Contrave -- outweigh ...
  3. PHOTO: A bottle of anti-depressant pills named Wellbutrin are shown March 23, 2004 photographed in Miami, Florida. Former GSK Lawyer Is Charged in Bupropion Cover-Up
  4. VIDEO: The FDA considers using injections of Naltrexone to fight painkiller addiction.
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