Item 1How do the diet drugs lorcaserin and phentermine-topiramate help people lose weight?Multiple ChoiceThey reduce the body's caloric needs.They reduce body fat absorption.They reduce food absorption.They reduce appetite.

A weight-loss medication that contains phentermine will ______.Multiple Choicereduce feelings of anxietyincrease basal metabolismsuppress appetiteinhibit fat absorption in the small intestine

Choose the weight-loss medication currently approved by FDA for weight loss.Multiple choice question.hydroxycutamphetaminewellbutrinlipase inhibitor

Which of the following medications inhibits lipase enzyme action in the small intestine and therefore decreases fat digestion by about 30%?Multiple choice question.OrlistatPhenteramineQsymiaBupripion

Which one of the following statements regarding the drugs used for the lower gastrointestinal tract is correct?Group of answer choicesThe opioid loperimide (Imodium) does not cross the blood brain barrier, and so is less likely to cause habituation.Dopamine receptor antagonists decrease motility of the intestinal smooth muscle.Diarrhoea is a consequence of too little gut motility.Opioids such as codeine hasten the passage of intestinal contents by increasing smooth muscle activity.

The anti-obesity actions of phentermine are due to:Group of answer choicesan increase in noradrenaline in the synaptic cleft.an increase in lipolysis.an inhibition of gastric emptying.an increase in leptin secretion.