Sibutramine: efficacy and safety of prescribing in routine clinical practice

Abstract

The 17th European Congress of endocrinology was held in Dublin in May 2015. Within the section «Obesity» the preliminary results of the observational program "PRIMAVERA" in the form of an oral report were presented. This article presents a brief review of the literature, reflecting the issues of mechanism of action, efficacy and safety of sibutramine and also includes an extended version of the main provisions of the report.

Keywords

• obesity
• energy balance
• appetite regulation
• monoamines
• sibutramine
• reduxin