Yes, some medicines that are given to control diabetes help in losing body weight.
-The medicines that help in weight reduction are metformin, exenatide and liraglutide.
-These medicines not only help in controlling blood sugars but also help in achieving ideal BMI (body mass index).
-In patients with type 2 diabetes, obesity is one of the most common complications as well as causative factors, which if neglected can damage vital organs like liver, heart and brain.
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-Thus, managing weight or losing weight in diabetics is even more challenging. Some hope is seen in the medications that help in managing diabetes.
-Metformin, which is a first line drug for the treatment of diabetes, helps in losing weight by increasing the sensitivity of body cells towards insulin and delaying the absorption of glucose from gut.
-This causes easy satiety and fullness while eating, thus appetite reduces and helps in losing weight.
-Drugs like exenatide and liraglutide are similar to enzymes of gut that reduce the motility of stomach and reduce absorption of complex sugars, thus causing early satiety and reduction in appetite which accelerates weight loss. Both of these drugs are available in injectable form.
-The weight loss that is achieved with the help of these drugs is approximately 5-7% of total body weight, which means if you are weighing 90 kgs, these medicines will help you lose 4-7 kgs of weight, over a period of 6 months.
-If this effect is coupled with exercises, the weight loss is further accelerated and it helps in preventing diabetic complications as well as achieving ideal BMI.
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