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Anorectic Medications in the Treatment of Obesity
Dominic B. Brune, MD;
Dominic B. Brune, MD
Inc Zanesville, Ohio
Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(2):116.
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I am writing in response to what Yanovski had to say in her editorial in the October issue of the ARCHIVES. Finally, a physician who tells it like it is. There is no "magic bullet" for chronic obesity. Each patient is an individual with his or her own particular characteristics, all of which should be considered when a weight loss program is undertaken.
I am a family physician in my 31st year of practice. Because of health problems, governmental overregulation, too many attorneys in a too litigious society, and lack of payment by certain government bureaus (guess which one), I decided to limit my practice to an office practice, with my primary concern being weight loss.
I, like Dr Yanovski, believe that most obese people have no wish to be overweight but, owing to certain genetic problems, are predisposed to that condition.
For the past 3 years, I have been
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