The prescription weight control medicine lorcaserin (Belviq, Belviq XR) may increase the risk for cancer, according to the results of a clinical trial assessing the safety of the drug, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
Study results presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress showed that in a high-risk population of overweight or obese patients, Eisai's Belviq (lorcaserin) was associated with sustained weight loss without a higher rate of major cardio