Discuss weight loss management

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Mrs. Devereaux, 65 y/o F has decided to make you her primary care physician. She presents to discuss weight loss management. Over the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's holidays, she reports gaining 15 lbs. She is also feeling depressed since she lives alone, and her cat, Prada, of 12 years has just died. Since Prada's death, she finds comfort in eating 2 chocolate cake pop, drinking 1 bottle of red wine and soaking in a bubble bath daily. Her hobby has been playing golf, but since she has gained weight and death of Prada she has lost the desire to go to the country club with her friends: Mrs. Streep, Rose, Sophia, and Dorothy. What drug therapy would the FNP prescribe? Why?

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