The Effect of Drugs on Leptin Metabolism pp. 33-54
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Authors: (Irem Fatma Uludag, Izmir Tepecik Educational and Research Hospital, Neurology Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey)
Abstract: The continuing epidemics of obesity worldwidegave rise to the studies investigating the drugs used for the treatment of obesity as well as the drugs inducing weight gain as an metabolic adverse effect and the invention of the leptin, one of the more important molecules in the pathogenesis of obesity, introduced a new direction for these studies.This chapter focused on the results of previous studies providing information about the effects on serum leptin levels of some drugs.
