The sibutramine is a drug used to treat the obesity.

Therapeutic action

It is a suppresor of the appetite that acts regulating specific cerebral centers. Also it stimulates the termogénesis. On the other hand, it shows certain antidepressing profile, so that it favors the control of the anxiety and the inhibition of the impulses. The drug is indicated altogether with a hypocaloric diet and an suitable style of life, that includes healthful exercise and habits. IT IS important that always is indicated by a specialistic doctor in obesity,

Indirect effect

Although she is chemically related with the amphetamine, is not a classic anorexígeno: their stimulating effects are significantly smaller, and the descontinuación of the treatment is not in an abstinence syndrome. Nevertheless, it can produce some indirect effect, such as:

• Increase of the arterial pressure and the cardiac frequency
• Dryness of mouth
• Flesh color
• Perspiration
• Headache
• Insomnia
• Nauseas

Generally these events yield with time and they do not require suspension of the treatment.

Cons

The administration of this drug must be avoided or evaluate carefully the convenience of the treatment in the following cases:

• Arterial hypertension
• Antecedents of cardiac pathologies
• Psychiatric problems (under medical treatment with other drugs)
• Nutritional upheavals (anorexy and bulimia)
• Pregnancy and lactancia