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appetite suppressant

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Noun1.appetite suppressant - a drug that suppresses appetite
drug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic

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Approximately 100,000 people in Europe and the United States are afflicted with either primary pulmonary arterial hypertension or secondary forms of the disease related to conditions or tissue disorders that affect the lungs, such as scleroderma, lupus, HIV/AIDS, congenital heart disease or the use of certain appetite suppressants.
Researchers believe that leptin is the body's tool for regulating appetite, alerting the brain when enough food has been consumed, and have entertained high hopes that someday it could be used as an appetite suppressant in humans.
His point was well illustrated Tuesday when the researcher who spoke after Koplan was mobbed by a throng of reporters after he said that a hormone called leptin shows promise as an appetite suppressant.
 
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