A study of the physiological disorders of slimming drugs on people who abuse them

Authors

  • Ahmed Jaber Mathematics Science Department, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Mohammed Sarhan Mathematics Science Department, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Mustafa Al-Darraji Department of Boilogy, College of Science, University Of Al-Anbar, Anbar, Iraq
  • MOHAMMED RASHEED Unuversity of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Tarek Saidani Department of Physics, Akli Mohaned Oulhadj University of Bouira, Bouira, 10000, Algeria
  • Taha Rashid Computer and Microelectronic Systems, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai 81310, Johor Bahru, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-8317
  • Ahmed Rashid College of Arts, Al-Iraqia University, Baghdad, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55145/ajbms.%202023.1.1.004

Keywords:

Healthcare, Overweight, obesity, blood tests, slimming drugs

Abstract

Recently, slimming drugs have been used to get rid of excess weight and obesity, which consist of chemical compounds of different compositions that vary in the degree of their safety on health from one compound to another and have dangerous side effects on human life. 75 blood samples were collected from people who take weight-loss drugs after being asked about their use of these drugs, and 25 samples from people who did not take weight-loss drugs, a control group. The research samples were divided into categories of withdrawal, the duration of abuse is less than a year, (1-2 years), (2-4 years) and (4-6 years). Laboratory tests were conducted on them from W.B.C count white blood cell, W.B.C differential, Packed Cell Volume P.C.V. , R.B.C count red blood cell, serum Total protein and hemoglobin Hb. The search results showed a significant decrease in W.B.C count (P<0.05) in the abused groups in the period (1-2) and it was (mm³ 7000) while the control sample was (mm³ 82800) either in the periods (2-4) and (4-6) It was low (6977.7 mm³) compared to the control sample. It also showed a significant increase in the rate of basophil and eosinophil preparation (P<0.05) in all periods, while a significant decrease occurred in the rate of lymphocyte. It also found a significant decrease in R.B.C, serum total protein and PCV. As for Hb, there was a significant decrease (P<0.05) in drug users compared to control samples for all periods. We conclude that slimming drugs have harmful effects on those who take them and may cause greater harm in the future in addition to the possibility of their effect on other organs and systems in the body if other studies focus on that.

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Published

2023-01-21

How to Cite

Jaber, A., Sarhan, M., Al-Darraji, M., RASHEED, M., Saidani, T., Rashid, T., & Rashid, A. (2023). A study of the physiological disorders of slimming drugs on people who abuse them. Al-Salam Journal for Medical Science, 2(1), 21–27. https://doi.org/10.55145/ajbms. 2023.1.1.004

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