Zayıflama Amacıyla Kullanılan Çok Etken Maddeli Bazı Preparatların Toksikolojik Açıdan Değerlendirilmesi: Fen-Phen ve Usnik Asit

Year 2009, Issue: 2, 131 - 148, 01.06.2009

Belma Giray Pınar Erkekoğlu Gönül Şahin

Abstract

Kilo alımına karşı mücadelede 1940’lardan beri birçok ilaç ve bitkisel preparat kullanılmıştır. Bazıları ciddi yan etkilerinden dolayı kullanımdan kalkmıştır. Fen-Phen preparatları fenfluramin ve fentermin, usnik asit preparatları ise sodyum usniyat, fenilpropanolamin, yohimbin, kafein ve 3,5-diiyodotironin içermektedir. Fen-Phen preparatlarının kullanımı kardiyak valvulopatiye, usnik asit preparatlarının kullanımı ise ciddi karaciğer toksisitesine neden olmuştur. Ayrıca her iki tip ürünün kullanımıyla da ölümler görülmüştür. Her ne kadar fenfluramin artık kullanımından kalkmış olsa da, doktorlar halen fentermin ürünlerini reçetelendirmekte ve usnik asit preparatları ise internetten satın alınabilmektedir. Bu derlemede Fen-Phen ve usnik asit preparatlarının kullanımıyla ortaya çıkabilecek toksikolojik sonuçlar üzerinde durulacaktır.

Keywords

Obezite, Zayıflama preparatları, Fen-Pen, Usnik asit

Toxicological Evaluation of Slimming Prepations with Several Ingredients

Abstract

To aid the fighting against weight gain, many drugs or herbal preparations have been used since 1940s. Some of them are withdrawn from the market because of the serious side effects. Fen-Phen preparations contained fenfluramine and phentermine while usnic acid preparations had sodium usniate, phenylpropanolamine, yohimbine, caffeine and 3,5-diiodithyroinine as ingredients. Fen-Phen usage caused cardiac valvulopathy while preparations with usnic acid caused serious liver toxicity. Furthermore, there were several reports of deaths in patients taking these two kinds of preparations. Although fenfluramine is no longer available, physicians can still prescribe phentermine and preparations of usnic acid are still available on internet sales. This review will focus on Fen-Phen and usnic acid preparations and the possible toxicological outcomes in the usage of these two kinds of preparations.

Keywords

Obesity, Slimming Products, Fen-Phen, Usnic acid

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