FDA panel backs obesity pill Qnexa: What happens next?

FDA panel backs obesity pill Qnexa: What happens next?

But the group stressed that the drugmaker must be required to conduct a large, follow-up study of the pill's effects on the heart. Studies of Qnexa show it raises heart rate and causes heart palpitations, a longtime concern with diet pills over the years.

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In a trial known as EQUIP, which involved more than 1,200 morbidly obese patients, patients who received the drug, which has the brand name Qnexa, lost weight at every tested dose, but significant weight loss — 14.7 percent on average — occurred at …

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