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[[Amphetamines]] (marketed as Benzedrine) became popular for weight loss during the late 1930s. They worked primarily by suppressing appetite, and had other beneficial effects such as increased alertness. Use of amphetamines increased over the subsequent decades, including [[Obetrol]] and culminating in the "rainbow diet pill" regime. This was a combination of multiple pills, all thought to help with weight loss, taken throughout the day. Typical regimens included stimulants, such as amphetamines, as well as thyroid hormone, [[diuretic]]s, [[digitalis]], laxatives, and often a [[barbiturate]] to suppress the side effects of the stimulants. In 1967/1968 a number of deaths attributed to diet pills triggered a Senate investigation and the gradual implementation of greater restrictions on the market. While rainbow diet pills were banned in the US in the late 1960s, they reappeared in South America and Europe in the 1980s. In 1959, phentermine had been FDA approved and [[fenfluramine]] in 1973. In the early 1990s two studies found that a combination of the drugs was more effective than either on its own; ''[[fen-phen]]'' became popular in the United States and had more than 18 million prescriptions in 1996. Evidence mounted that the combination could cause [[valvular heart disease]] in up to 30 percent of those who had taken it, leading to withdrawal of fen-phen and [[dexfenfluramine]] from the market in September 1997.
In the early 2020s, [[GLP-1 receptor agonist]]s such as [[semaglutide]] or tirzepatide became popular for weight loss because they are more effective than earlier drugs, causing a shortage for patients prescribed these medications for [[type 2 diabetes]], their original indication.

Translations:Anti-obesity medication/11/en - Revision history

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