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Potential Side Costs and Side Benefits of Pharmacological Treatment of Obesity

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This paper deals with other effects of obesity drugs than weight loss itself and weight loss related effects. The review does not pretend completeness. Rather will the effects — good and bad — be dealt with from examples putting the stress on experience from human studies of clinical relevance.

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Andersen, T. (1995). Potential Side Costs and Side Benefits of Pharmacological Treatment of Obesity. In: Allison, D.B., Pi-Sunyer, F.X. (eds) Obesity Treatment. NATO ASI Series, vol 278. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1901-0_21

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