Rimonabant: A cannabinoid receptor blocker for the treatment of metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)156-162
Number of pages7
JournalNutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume16
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2006
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Keywords

  • Cardiometabolic
  • Cardiovascular
  • Endocannabinoid system
  • Obesity
  • Rimonabant
  • Smoking cessation
  • Hyperlipidemias/complications
  • Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonists
  • Humans
  • Risk Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Metabolic Syndrome/complications
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications
  • Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic
  • Pyrazoles/pharmacology
  • Obesity/complications
  • Piperidines/pharmacology
  • Weight Gain/drug effects
  • Tobacco Use Disorder/drug therapy
  • Cardiovascular Diseases/etiology
  • Smoking Cessation

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