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FDA Approves the First Drug for Obese Dogs
Filed in archive Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics by ruth on February 20, 2007
FDA Approves the First Drug for Obese Dogs
The US FDA has approved Slentrol (dirlotapide), a prescription drug for the management of obesity in dogs. Slentrol reduces appetite and fat absorption to produce weight loss.
Slentrol is a new chemical entity, called a selective microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibitor, which blocks the assembly and release of lipoproteins into the bloodstream. The mechanism for producing weight loss is not completely understood, but seems to result from reduced fat absorption and a satiety signal from lipid-filled cells lining the intestine.

Slentrol is aimed for dogs weighing 20 percent more than their ideal weight. For more info,


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