Physical therapy remains the gold standard conservative treatment, but even dedicated rehabilitation programs fail to resolve symptoms in 20 to 30 percent of patients
Medications such as metformin [Glucophage], phentermine [Adipex-P], topiramate [Topamax], bupropion [Wellbutrin], and naltrexone [Revia] (sometimes used alone or in combination, [such as Contrave]) can be effective and are often available as inexpensive generics, sometimes for as little as $10 to $20 per month
Available as an injection and, more recently, as a spray to be inhaled and delivered via the noses mucus membrane, today it is used (against better judgement) to stimulate the production of melanin within the skin to produce a deeper and faster tan
In this article: While prescription weight-loss medications in general are nothing new, there is a category of them that is: GLP-1s, or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists
They tend to disappear within a day or two