Appetite Suppressors to Help Reduce Weight Published: 21.06.2008 | Author: Aquila | Category: Weight Loss
Appetite suppressors can be a help during a slimming process. On the market of today you can find both appetite suppressors related to the substance amphetamine and appetite reducers of herbal origin. Appetite suppressors are generally recommended to use together with a diet program and exercise Bradley Beal Jersey , and only for a limited time period. They are never recommended to use as the only means of achieving a reduced weight.


Substances to reduce appetite have been used since the First World War. Soldiers used the stimulating substance amphetamine both to stimulate their fighting capacity and to reduce hunger. The same was done in the Second World War. After the last war, the civil market began to use amphetamine and related substances to help reduce the intake of food during weight loss efforts.


A. APPETITE SUPPRESSORS OF THE AMPHETAMINE GROUP


Amphetamine and related substances stimulate the alertness of the central nervous system and the impulse to external action. When zones of the brain dealing with external action are in high activity, signals are sent to zones controlling appetite, digestion and connected functions to reduce their activity. Thus central stimulating substances also reduce appetite. Since these drugs increase the bodily activity, they also help to reduce weight by inducing a higher rate of fat burning.


Some drugs of this group are also used as antidepressant John Wall Jersey , for example fluoxetine hudrochloride (Prozac).


Being central stimulants all these appetite suppressors also bear a certain risk of developing addiction, and of side effects like insomnia, agitation, manic reactions, hypertension Washington Wizards Jersey , stroke, heart valve damage and heart rhythm disturbances.


Because of such dangerous effects, many of these substances have been banned from most markets as appetite suppressants, for example amphetamine itself, aminorex Rudy Gobert Jersey , fenfluramine, phenylpropanolamine and ephedrine. However, many of these substances are still used for other purposes, for example to stimulate heart activity and to regulate up a too low blood pressure.


Substances of this group available on the market today as appetite suppresants are: Phentermine, diethylpropion Karl Malone Jersey , phenidmetrazine, benzphetamine, sibutramine, rimonabant, oxyntomodulin and fluoxetine hydrochloride (Prozac).


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