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Promising Pill

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Promising Pill

Published: Tue, 27 Oct 2009

Description: Headline Health discusses the findings on a new drug that some say may help people lose the weight for good

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" I got excited. Over the study. On this new. Weight loss pill. That it'd is finishing the phase three trials. This is a pill called country. And I think this is gonna be one of them probably if indeed this. The phase three trials won't exactly as they're showing to be that you're you know we might have a pretty good. Weight loss -- This -- a combination of the world -- trend. Medicine which is an antidepressant. And and now -- zone. Which is as sort of an anti narcotic medications so he you have to medicine's working together in one -- one which. Deals with a brain chemistry and depression and in the things that. Makes you who also. Each and you have the other drug inside that pill which really. Blocks if you will some of the and -- and feeling so this is no -- Antagonists. To working together. And what they've found in this phase three study of this pill for weight losses that about. After 56 weeks. 10% of you've got a 10% to 15% weight reduction. Just by taking the pill so it seems to really curb appetite. And the force people lose weight and then. Every other Barry in the name of the study which was cholesterol and sugar -- things like that those indices went down dramatically and so I think that this pill. Which is called contrary if might get FDA approval. After the look more carefully in the data that we might have another good -- and in the marketplace for weight control which is. It's well look that's what American patients love him right they do that again or diet and exercise thing Pelham. And maybe is gonna curb your appetite goes -- but at least of some of the data looks very -- promising."

" Well you know speaking of dieting actually. I -- it gets Salinas has some good ones but. The the one of the things that way that I pouncing -- of these cookie diets. You know like they have a cookie diet that if -- for cookies that -- like eat cookies have breakfast and lunch than at a mile at night you can you know. There's a dramatic amount of weight which is true a lot of women there are a lot people. Are losing weight using -- young kids on the on the cookie diet you know. -- Democrats it's not different than doing a slim fast diet right -- good morning thank you say good night. And then had a meal I mean that this it's it's really the same type of diet that it's. Comes down to calorie control what people are eating anywhere from 81200. Calories -- you lose weight really quickly. Because by earlier and starvation mode when you're only eating that number of calories but you know this is eight -- in. What one company this is an eighteen million dollar revenue business and there's another company worth. Revenues have gone up by thirty million dollars and it's now -- 95 million dollar Israelis say New England to the business. Maybe it's a great -- and -- and I think it you know that the theme of that I think. You know it does come down -- to exercise. And and it comes down to -- to calorie control and if people are just under. If they could understand that and they wouldn't have to waste their money on these cookie diet and they could eat and eat fish meat based diet I know it's hard to do but you know what it. I mean even if you don't wanna do the exercise if you just controlling your calorie intake by. You know controlling your calories in them in the morning and the -- and and you don't have to waste money on all of these diets of these -- You know I know it's hard to do business with the matter of educating. Yourself about but I mean it's not that hard to count calories and everything is labels for us now."

" I agree I agree but you know this is some battle that I think that is going to be that is gonna continue for a long long time."

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