Editors:
- Discusses the drugs approved for long-term use in the treatment of obesity
- Excellent overview on the topic
- International authorship
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Milestones in Drug Therapy (MDT)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Obesity has become a major epidemic that now rivals smoking as a risk to public health. The ensuing epidemics of diabetes, vascular disease and other complications are set to overwhelm the healthcare systems of wealthy and poorer nations alike. The need for effective pharmacotherapy has never been greater. This book takes a new look at the many potential targets for drug development for regulation of body weight, placing them in the context of the chequered history of drug development for obesity and currently available therapies.
Potential peripheral and central nervous system targets are discussed in detail by authors with extensive knowledge and research experience in the science of body weight regulation, and its translation into effective therapies that will benefit patients. This book is of interest to clinicians, researchers in the field and members of the pharmaceutical industry who are interested in learning more about the current state of the art and future directions in the pharmacotherapy of obesity.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This book attempts to give a clear update of this obesity research and is readily accessible to healthcare professionals. … This is a welcome update to the field of obesity research and will be of use to healthcare professional and researchers … .” (Steven T. Russell, Inflammopharmacology, Vol. 18, 2010)Editors and Affiliations
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Clinical Sciences Centre, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK
John P. H. Wilding
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pharmacotherapy of Obesity
Editors: John P. H. Wilding
Series Title: Milestones in Drug Therapy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7425-9
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Basel 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-7138-8Published: 16 November 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7643-7425-9Published: 08 January 2008
Series ISSN: 2296-6056
Series E-ISSN: 2296-6064
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 120
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Metabolic Diseases, Diabetes, Cardiology, Cell Biology