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  2. Lipodystrophy - Wikipedia

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    Lipodystrophy. Lipodystrophy syndromes are a group of genetic or acquired disorders in which the body is unable to produce and maintain healthy fat tissue. [1][2] The medical condition is characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue. A more specific term, lipoatrophy (from Greek lipo 'fat' and dystrophy ...

  3. HIV-associated lipodystrophy - Wikipedia

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    HIV-associated lipodystrophy commonly presents with fat loss in face, buttocks, arms and legs. [citation needed] There is also fat accumulation in various body parts. Patients often present with "buffalo hump"-like fat deposits in their upper backs. Breast size of patients (both male and female) tends to increase.

  4. Metreleptin - Wikipedia

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    Metreleptin, sold under the brand name Myalept among others, is a synthetic analog of the hormone leptin used to treat various forms of dyslipidemia.It has been approved in Japan for metabolic disorders including lipodystrophy and in the United States as replacement therapy to treat the complications of leptin deficiency, in addition to diet, in patients with congenital generalized or acquired ...

  5. Lipoatrophy - Wikipedia

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    Lipoatrophy is the term describing the localized loss of fat tissue. This may occur as a result of subcutaneous injections of insulin in the treatment of diabetes, from the use of human growth hormone or from subcutaneous injections of copaxone used for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. In the latter case, an injection may produce a small ...

  6. Metamizole - Wikipedia

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    Metamizole. Urine (96%, IV; 85%, oral), faeces (4%, IV). [4] Metamizole or dipyrone is a painkiller, spasm reliever, and fever reliever drug. It is most commonly given by mouth or by intravenous infusion. [13][11][14] It belongs to the ampyrone sulfonate family of medicines and was patented in 1922.

  7. Codeine - Wikipedia

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    Codeine is marketed as both a single-ingredient drug and in combination preparations with paracetamol (as co-codamol: e.g., brands Paracod, Panadeine, and the Tylenol-with-codeine series, including Tylenol 3 and 1, 2, and 4); with aspirin (as co-codaprin); or with ibuprofen (as Nurofen Plus). These combinations provide greater pain relief than ...

  8. Anti-obesity medication - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Orlistat (Xenical), the most commonly used medication to treat obesity and sibutramine (Meridia), a medication that was withdrawn due to cardiovascular side effects. Anti-obesity medication or weight loss medications are pharmacological agents that reduce or control excess body fat.

  9. The Ozempic Side Effect That No One’s Talking About - AOL

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    The Ozempic Side Effect That No One’s Talking About. Research has shown there are plenty of perks of using a medication like Ozempic for weight loss. But, given that this is a drug, there are ...