Resumen de Barriers and Solutions for Prescribing Obesity Pharmacotherapy
Ken Fujioka, Samantha R. Harris
There are many valid reasons why health care providers are reluctant to use pharmacotherapy for weight management: the negative track record of weight loss medications has led to numerous safety concerns, and there is lack of formal training in obesity medicine and a general discomfort with using these medications. New medications have improved safety profiles, and their mechanisms are based on recent discoveries of how humans regulate weight. This, combined with a change in American health coverage, has slowly increased the use weight loss medication. This article examines the barriers and changes that are increasing the use of anti-obesity medications.
