A new weight loss drug called Tesofensine has proven to be twice as effective as the best existing anti-obesity medicines.
The drug was originally developed to treat brain diseases, but in clinical trials, doctors found that side effects included suppressed hunger.
Obese patients who took the drug for 24 weeks lost approximately 28 pounds, at least double the weight that patients taking other available anti-obesity drugs have been able to lose.
Just as encouraging, patients taking the prescribed dosage saw no side effects.
The drug will now go on to further studies before possibly hitting the market.
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