Publication
Title
Drug-induced obesity and its metabolic consequences: a review with a focus on mechanisms and possible therapeutic options
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Abstract
Weight gain is a common side effect of many widely used drugs. Weight gain of a few kilograms to an increase of 10% or more of initial body weight has been described. Not only the weight gain as such puts a burden on the health risks of the involved patients, the accompanying increase in the incidence of the metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular risk factors urges the caregiver to identify and to closely monitor the patients at risk. In this review, the different classes of drugs with significant weight gaining properties and the metabolic consequences are described. Specific attention is given to pathogenetic mechanisms underlying the metabolic effects and to potential therapeutic measures to prevent them.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of endocrinological investigation
Publication
New york : Springer , 2017
ISSN
1720-8386
DOI
10.1007/S40618-017-0719-6
Volume/pages
40 :11 (2017) , p. 1165-1174
ISI
000413472300003
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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UAntwerpen
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Creation 07.11.2017
Last edited 09.10.2023
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