Diet drugs - Tenuate (diethylpropion) used by 64% of weight loss doctors surveyed

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64% of weight loss doctors surveyed use the diet drug diethylpropion (Tenuate).

Tenuate is the immediate-release version.

Tenuate Dospan is a sustained-release version.

It is the second most used diet drug used by these doctors, second only to phentermine (64% vs 97%)..

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REFERENCE

Hendricks E, Rothman R, Greenway F. How physician obesity specialists use drugs to treat obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Mar 19, published on-line.

AUTHOR'S CONTACT INFORMATION

Frank L. Greenway
Department of Clinical Trials
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Louisiana State University System
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Frank.Greenway@pbrc.edu

Ed Hendricks MD
2310 Professional Dr., St. 200
Roseville, California 95661
(916) 773-1191 phone
http://www.hendricksforhealth.com/

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• appetite
• suppressants
• medication