Cannabinoid-blocking Weight-loss Drug Might Fight Alcoholic Fatty Liver

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Cannabinoid-blocking Weight-loss Drug Might Fight Alcoholic Fatty Liver - 04-03-2008, 11:10 AM

The cannabinoid receptors best known for delivering the psychological effects of marijuana also explain the connection between chronic alcohol use and a buildup of fat in the liver. Mice treated with rimonabant, a drug designed to block cannabinoid receptors, become resistant to alcohol's fat-building effects in the liver. Rimonabant is now in use for weight loss in several European countries but has not received FDA approval for use in the United States.

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