Anti-obesity drugs and thyroid drugs:

Question 1

orlistat

Answer 1

gastric and pancreatic lipase inhibitor.

Question 2

sibutramine

Answer 2

NA and serotonin re-uptake inhibitor, thus promoting satiety and suppressing appetite.

Question 3

levothyroxine

Answer 3

form of thyroxine (T4). T4 and T3 bind to thyroid receptor proteins in the cell nucleus and cause metabolic effects through the control of DNA transcription and protein synthesis.

Question 4

carbimazole

Answer 4

prevents thyroid peroxidase enzyme from coupling and iodinating the tyrosine residues on thyroglobulin, hence reducing production of thyroid hormones T3 and T4.