Why the study?
Does phentermine pharmacotherapy improve weight loss without increasing blood pressure and heart rate in obese patients on a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet?
Population
300 sequential returning obese patients at a private weight management practice treated with a…
Comparison
Phentermine pharmacotherapy vs Phentermine-untreated patients on a…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 92 weeks (range 12-624 weeks)
Authors
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May support adjunctive phentermine in obese patients on ketogenic diets; observational data leaves open randomized confirmation.
Does phentermine pharmacotherapy improve weight loss without increasing blood pressure and heart rate in obese patients on a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet?
Long-term phentermine pharmacotherapy for obesity does not adversely affect blood pressure or heart rate and is associated with significantly greater weight loss.
Hendricks et al. (2011) studied this question.
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