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Here's another article that promotes the hype and mythology of Acomplia, an upcoming weight loss drug that still remains entirely unproven. Amazingly, even the fitness industry seems concerned about Acomplia now. But it's ridiculous: no pill can make a person look fit. Nor can it actually improve a person's cardiovascular health. There's no replacement for physical exercise, but of course, Americans will probably buy into Acomplia anyway, because even the promise of weight loss without effort is good enough to cause an explosion in sales. A much better approach to losing weight with the help of drugs is probably the upcoming PYY nasal spray product from Nastech / Merck. This uses a natural hormone (PYY) that you inhale to make you feel full more quickly.
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One of the big health stories of 2004 was development of Acomplia, also known as Rimonabant, a diet drug which shows real promise for sustained weight loss.
- In early clinical trials, Acomplia is looking promising.
- But with only 3,000+ people tested so far, it has a way to go before being approved by the FDA.
- With the raging obesity problem, more and more people are seeking ways to lose weight without the pain and drudgery of dieting or working out.
- The fitness industry frowns upon the notion of popping a pill to lose weight after all the battle cry is "The pain is the gain".
- Yet the idea of a diet pill is seductive.
- It's something that doesn't require any exertion whatsoever, and that makes it a perfect fit for many Americans, who seem increasingly unwilling to actually take any action in order to achieve lasting results.
- What they want is a magic weight loss pill.
- And so far, Acomplia looks like the closest solution.
- The drug's manufacturer, Sanofi-Aventis, an international pharmaceutical, headquartered in Paris, plans to apply for FDA approval in 2005.
- A decision by the agency will then take up to 10 months.
- Diet pills have been around for decades offering different attempts at suppressing appetite or speeding up the metabolism.
- But Acomplia offers a new technology known as a cannabinoid type I (CB1) blocker, it's the first of an entirely new class of drugs, which works by blocking a pleasure center in the brain.
- From the standpoint of researchers, the drug is clearly a breakthrough.
- Will the entire fitness industry be challenged one day by the discovery of a magic diet pill?
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