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New Anti-Obesity Drugs Can Stunt Kids' Brains

A study found that cannabinoid receptor antagonists, a relatively new class of weight loss drugs, stunted the brains of juvenile mice. It is possible that such drugs could have similar effects on human children.

Several new anti-obesity treatments, including Merck's taranabant and rimonabant -- sold in Europe as Acomplia -- reduce appetite by blocking the brain's cannabinoid receptors. But they also have disturbing side effects that are only now becoming apparent.

Other researchers have found that cannabinoid receptor blockers interfere with neural connectivity in rat brains -- a phenomenon associated with depression in humans. The FDA has so far refused to approve Acomplia because it appears to cause anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts.



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BY bmc   
  
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[ Posted on May 09, 2008 ]
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Once again big parma is trying to push a drug for something that shouldn't need a drug at all. Simply eating the right kind of food will do the trick.

 
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BY I am what i am   
  
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All these new medicines are laced with more harm then good.  Why would  anyone want smaller brains when their brains now don't work to good.  I don't trust Merk with a ten foot pole and neither should you folks.
The New World order is behind all these diseases who encourge Merck and other drug companies to hurt and kill us slowly.  Now 1 out of 2 people have cancer and the doctors are taught that this figure is normal.  Are you kidding?  50 years ago, the rate was 1 out of 33.  What Happened?  They are spraying us with poisons, water has at least 700 chemicals in it, and now GMO foods that kill rats?  Go organic or you find yourself killing yourself with cancer & other poisons.

Fight the New World Order!

 
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BY eheath   
  
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[ Posted on May 09, 2008 ]
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"cannabinoid receptor antagonists"

A resolution to the damage is medical marijuana.

Look up cannabinoid receptor...



 

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BY New to Natural   
  
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Author of the Article [ Posted on May 09, 2008 ]
 
I'm not a pot smoker - never have been, never will be - BUT I don't understand the motivation to keep pot illegal.  Yes, I realize there are  harmful side effects from smoking it - just like you would get from inhaling any burning object. 

I just don't understand  the "narrow-mindedness" of not studying the benefits of a plant for the simple reason that it could make you high.   $$$


 
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If you desire to loose weight, drugs are NOT the answer.  You must eat according to your metabolic type, lower grain consumption, and increase the consumption of healthy fats and low glycemic vegetables.  An excellent resource is Mary Enig's book Eat Fat Lose Fat.

Big government grants the drug companies a monopoly over medicine through regulating medicine and food.  It is high time that the American revolt against this corrupt system.  The free market provides the best solution for preserving and improving the health of the American people.