Latest News and Reviews

Injectable Drug On Test May Reduce Weight By 25% In Just A Week

A drug test conducted on mice brings new hope to quick obesity fix when it reduced their weight significantly in short period of time. Result from the test may serve as a possible solution for humans around the world who are suffering from obesity. As far as the composition of the drug is concerned, it is a combination of synthetic versions of 2 glucose hormones linked to metabolism: GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) and glucagon. The level of glucose in the blood is boosted by glucagon produced in pancreas and reduced by GLP-1.

The researchers in Indiana University injected a drug that combined both glucagon and GLP-1 into the mice and found that within a period of one week, their weight reduced by 25% and fat mass dropped by 42%. Within a month, their body weight lost by 28% and their fat mass dropped by 63%. The researchers said in the Nature Chemical Biology journal that the drug was successful at suppressing the appetite and enhancing the calorie usage of the mice.

Dr Richard DiMarichi who leads the study commented that extra weight can be closely linked to several chronic diseases like cardio vascular diseases and diabetes, therefore main objective of this research is to look for a therapy which could help patients to lose their weight fast and easy as well as to treat diabetes. Dr DiMarchi also said that currently there is no single agent that is able to reduce weight of obese people by more than 5-10%. The concept of combining multiple drugs together to achieve the desired results is still being tested; it is hope that one day obesity can be treated more effectively.

Keeping in view the increase in obese people around the world, there have been unlimited numbers of pills that claim to shed body weight. But most of them are not fully efficient to fulfill their claim or they at least have some note worthy side effects. Apart from that, most of the pills are only effective as far as the patient is consuming them. Whenever the patient stops taking the pills, he or she will get obese again. Researchers are so excited about this finding but they also warned that the drug’s effectiveness on humans is yet to be tested. They believed that it may take a few years for this drug to come into market.