COMPOSITION COMPRISING A WEIGHT-LOSS PROMOTING ANTICONVULSANT AND THE USE OF SUCH ANTICONVULSANT IN THE PREPARATION OF A MEDICAMENT FOR TREATING OBESITY

摘要

The present invention relates, in general, to obesity, and, in particular, to a method of treating obesity and minimizing metabolic risk factors associated therewith using, for example, zonisamide or other weight-loss promoting anticonvulsant either alone or in combination with bupropion or other compound that enhances the activity of norepinephrine and/or dopamine via uptake inhibition or other mechanism.