Daily high doses of fluoxetine for weight loss and improvement in lifestyle before bariatric surgery.

Background: The number of gastric restrictive bariatric operations is increasing each year, but about one-fifth of patients will become disappointed due to unsatisfactory weight reduction or annoying complications. We questioned whether weight reduction by taking high doses of fluoxetine improves lifestyle before surgery.

Methods: 84 severely obese subjects were referred by one bariatric surgeon for medical weight reduction and dietary counseling, before bariatric surgery.

Different cycle ergometer outcomes in severely obese men and women without documented cardiopulmonary morbidities before bariatric surgery.

Study Objectives: The number of severely obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery is increasing. No incremental cycle ergometer data are available in this category of patients. The current study was undertaken to provide information and to compare outcomes between severely obese men and women during physical exercise.