ECE2020 Audio ePoster Presentations Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition (285 abstracts)
Egypt Ministry Of Health
, Endocrinology , Kafr Elsheikh & EgyptObjectives: The aim was to show if the combination of topiramate and empagliflozin have the greatest weight decreasing effect in comparison to each drug alone and to control.
Design: Observational cohort prospective study 6-month trial.
Materials and methods: Observational cohort prospective study with the following of 200 obese patients who were in 4 parallel groups. Had been monitored in a private clinic, each group 50 patient’s number, with 35 females and 15 males with 50 patients as a control.
The results show that both topiramate and empagliflozin have weight loss effect if used alone with significant P-value which is 0.0480 with topiramate and 0.0048 with empagliflozin and the greatest weight loss effect if used in combination with a P-value less than 0.0001.
Conclusion: Combination of topiramate and empagliflozin show a considerable reduction of body weight and so is considered as an option for treatment of obesity.
Keywords: obesity, empagliflozine, topiramate, combination therapy.