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A Sympathetic Treatment for Obesity.

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Amphetamine (AMPH), mainly used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy, has weight loss properties, although with detrimental cardiovascular effects. In this issue, Mahú et al. (2020) describe… Click to show full abstract

Amphetamine (AMPH), mainly used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy, has weight loss properties, although with detrimental cardiovascular effects. In this issue, Mahú et al. (2020) describe the effect of a new derivative of AMPH, "PEGyAMPH," a brain-spared anti-obesity drug that alters sympathetic activity without cardiovascular side effects.

Keywords: sympathetic treatment; treatment; treatment obesity

Journal Title: Cell metabolism
Year Published: 2020

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