Delphi Consensus Among French Obesity Experts on Clinical Recommendations for Drug Prescription in Patients With Severe Obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although the physiologic alterations seen in obesity often affect the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs, most clinical trials do not consider these aspects specifically for this population. To date, there is no list of potentially inappropriate medications for patients living with obesity. The aim of this study was to use the Delphi method to identify useful recommendations for the prescription of some specific drug classes in patients living with severe obesity.

Methods

We identified five therapeutic groups of drugs using data from the HEGP Clinical Data Warehouse. We conducted a literature review and sought the opinions of local experts to produce potential recommendations. We selected volunteer medical experts from the French network FORCE and se

SUBMITTER: Berdot S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12620101 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature