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post Sep 29 2006, 02:11 PM
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FRIDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Patients taking an investigational weight-loss drug called Contrave lost an average of more than 7 percent of their weight in the first 24 weeks of a phase III clinical trial, according to interim findings released this week by the company that developed the drug.

The study was expected to continue for another 24 weeks.

Contrave is a combination of two drugs -- naltrexone (already used to treat opium addiction withdrawal) and bupropion (used to treat depression and to help people quit smoking). Contrave is intended to affect a person's craving for food and the body's regulation of energy.

"Contrave is designed to activate a hypothalmic center in the brain associated with reduced appetite, while blocking beta-endorphin, which may be responsible for limiting weight loss," Dr. Gary Tollefson, president and CEO of Orexigen Therapeutics Inc., said in a prepared statement. "We are also studying the effects of Contrave on related central pathways associated with the rewarding nature of select high-calorie foods."


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SOURCE: Orexigen Therapeutics Inc., news release, Sept. 26, 2006


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FRIDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Patients taking an investigational weight-loss drug called Contrave lost an average of more than 7 percent of their weight in the first 24 weeks of a phase III clinical trial, according to interim findings released this week by the company that developed the drug.

The study was expected to continue for another 24 weeks.

Contrave is a combination of two drugs -- naltrexone (already used to treat opium addiction withdrawal) and bupropion (used to treat depression and to help people quit smoking). Contrave is intended to affect a person's craving for food and the body's regulation of energy.

"Contrave is designed to activate a hypothalmic center in the brain associated with reduced appetite, while blocking beta-endorphin, which may be responsible for limiting weight loss," Dr. Gary Tollefson, president and CEO of Orexigen Therapeutics Inc., said in a prepared statement. "We are also studying the effects of Contrave on related central pathways associated with the rewarding nature of select high-calorie foods."


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Yeah!!! Coopclapping.gif I hope it's on the market soon. I'll take all the help I can get.









SOURCE: Orexigen Therapeutics Inc., news release, Sept. 26, 2006
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Sounds like something I sure could use. I'm trying to exercise but I just can't keep on a regular schedule. But doing both might just work. I hope it comes out soon. I wonder if this is going to be a over the counter drug. But I bet you'll need a prescription.
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