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Appetite Depressants

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Definition: Agents that are used to suppress appetite.      Other names Appetite Suppressants; Anorectics; Suppressants, Appetite; Drugs, Appetite-Suppressant; Drugs, Appetite-Depressing; Drugs, Anorexigenic; Drugs, Anorexic; Depressants, Appetite; Appetite Suppressant Drugs; Appetite Depressing Drugs; Agents, Anorectic; Appetite-Suppressant Drugs; Appetite-Depressing Drugs; Anorexigenic Drugs; Anorexic Drugs; Anorectic Agents
Substances having this pharmacologic action: pyroglutamyl-histidyl-glycine; satietin; FG 7142; lipid mobilizing substance; butenolide; benfluorex; norpseudoephedrine; Islet Amyloid Polypeptide; Phenylpropanolamine; Diethylpropion; Phenmetrazine; Phentermine; sibutramine
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
nalmefene  55096-26-9   Naltrexone/*analogs & derivatives Antipruritics Appetite Depressants Neuroprotective Agents.
Pharma Action Narcotic Antagonists 		Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1983;19(2):235REVEX
4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo(5,4-c)pyridin-3-ol  64603-91-4   *Isoxazoles Anesthetics Appetite Depressants.
Pharma Action Analgesics ; Anticonvulsants ; GABA Agonists 		Eur J Pharmacol 1979;58(4):485; Life Sci 1979;25(15):1351; Nature 268(6515):53;1977; Nature 280(5720):331;1979; Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1980;12(1):113

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