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Article: Binge eaters lost weight with orlistat and CBT.(Endocrinology)(cognitive-behavioral therapy)
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- Internal Medicine News
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- February 15, 2005
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LAS VEGAS -- Adding a weight-loss medication to cognitive-behavioral therapy for binge eating disorder produced a higher remission rate and greater weight loss than cognitive-behavioral therapy alone in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
More than a third (36%) of 25 obese binge eaters had a 5% weight loss with the combination of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and orlistat (Xenical), Carlos M. Grilo, Ph.D., reported at the annual meeting of North American Association for the Study of Obesity.
Fewer patients in the control group met the 5% standard for weight loss: only 8%, compared with the 36% of patients on combined therapy. The ...