KFDA warns use of psychotropic weight-loss drug

The Korea Food and Drug Administration has, through its web site (www.kfda.go.kr), issued a guideline to provide brief information on psychotropic weight-loss drugs, the manner by which they take their effects, precautionary guidelines and side effects.

According to the guideline, the psychotropic weight-loss medication is an appetite suppressant that must be used only for a short duration o...