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Lorqess - A New Weight Loss Drug

Lorcaserin (Lorqess)

Lorcaserin is a new weight loss medication, developed by Arena Pharmaceuticals, which has been licenced by the FDA and is under consideration by the European Medicines Agency.

The brand name of Lorcaserin will be Belviq in the United States and Lorqess in Europe.

How does Lorqess work?

Lorqess works on the serotonin receptors in the brain and causes the patient to have a much smaller appetite.

Is Lorqess effective as a weight-loss medication?

Lorqess has completed its phase three trials. The results of these trials were not as promising as those for Qsiva, another weight loss medication that is being developed, but Lorqess did do well in terms of its safety profile

Two phase-three trails clinic trials showed that:

• Of 7200 patients over a two-year period, after a year of treatment about 66% had lost at least 5% of their total body weight.
• The average weight loss for trial participants was between seventeen and eighteen pounds. Lorqess was also shown to lower blood pressure and heart rate.

Does Lorqess have any side effects?

Clinical trials operate not just to see if a new medication does what it claims to do, but also to ensure that you, the patient, can take it safely.

Like any prescription medication, Lorqess was found to have some side effects but generally the drug was well tolerated by the people taking it.

The most common side effects were headaches, infections of the upper respiratory tract and nasuea

The drug was found not to cause any feelings of anxiety, depression or suicidal thoughts and was shown not to affect the cardiovascular system in any adverse way.

As well as being an effective weight loss medication, Lorcaserin was shown to have other health benefits including:

• Reducing blood pressure
• Improving in blood lipids

When will Lorqess (Lorcaserin) be available in the UK?

Lorcaserin received FDA approval in the USA on 27 June 2012. It has not yet been approved in the UK.