Weight Loss Treatment

This is called, “The miracle pill”, supposedly a new wonder medicine in which scientists are working and have the ability to reduce excess fat stored on people, almost half in a week, resulting in an advance against obesity.

Tests were conducted in laboratory animals and have shown that the medicine could reduce body weight by a quarter and its fat content to 42 percent after seven days.

After a month, the weight of mice was reduced by 28 percent of their fat mass and 63 percent overall, however, experts warned it could take several years for potential medicine use is reached in patients.

But they say the findings suggest a new approach to treating obesity and diabetes in adults because the medcine is an artificial hormone that regulates glucose metabolism.

Previous studies have found that this substance may suppress appetite or lead to weight loss by increasing the use of calories by the body.

Richard DiMarchi and colleagues at Indiana University in the U.S. created the synthetic hormone and conducted the testing, said, Obesity and its consequences, including diabetes in adults, today represent a major economic and health treatment of modern societies.

He added that the administration of glucagons reduces acute food intake in animals and humans, thereby promoting weight loss.

He concluded: “I have high hopes for the discovery of safe and effective therapies for obesity,” and Professor O’Rahilly said patients treated with the drug may have to take one pill per day or by injection.