Method A statistician, not connected with the authors and living in another city, arranged a
group of 200 potential patients in two sets of random numbers. One-half of these numbers …

DIETHYLPROPION (" Tenuate") has been shown to be useful in the treatment of refractory
obesity (Seaton et al., 1961). Appetite suppression with thestandard preparation is reported …

Conducted a double-blind study of diethylpropion hydrochloride (Tenuate Dospan) with 50
patients from a private practice. Dosage was 75 mg/day in controlled release form, or a …

ALTHOUGH pharmacological agents such as amphetamine, which are presumed to
possess potent appetite-suppressing activity, have been in clinical use for a relatively long …

DISCUSSION This case demonstrates four interesting points. The safrty of the drug.-The
patient was able to consume 30 to 100 times the recommended dose without major ill …

Materials and Methods Patients. Thirty obese adult male patients, 33 to 75 years of age,
living in similar environments at the Wood Veterans Administration Center, were used. Their …

MATERIALS AND METHODS The patients. Forty-six female patients were selected, of whom
7 had mild diabetes mellitus controlled by diet alone. All were overweight by 20 per cent or …

Results As will be seen from table I, during the 16 three-monthly periods when
diethylpropion was prescribed all patients lost weight, from 5 to 28 pounds (2.3 to 12.7 kg.) …

METHODS In one suburban genera1 practice on the outskirts of London, all the women
aged between 20 and 60 who attended the surgery during a three month period were …

Persons 14 to 57 years old and at least 15% overweight and wishing to lose weight were 33
given for each 2-week period of study 15 tablets of the anorectic diethylpropion …