Study: Overactive Bladder Medicine May Promote Weight Loss.

according to a small study published Jan. 6 in the journal Cell Metabolism, Myrbetriq (mirabegron), a drug “already used to treat overactive bladder, may also someday help control weight by boosting the metabolic powers of brown fat.” Study researcher Dr. Aaron Cypress, who is also section head of translational physiology at the US National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, explained that the drug “activates the brown fat cells to burn calories and generate heat.” Although the “metabolic rate went up by 13 percent on average,” or 203 calories, when “the activity of the drug peaked,” Cypress “said that doesn’t necessarily mean the men would burn an extra 203 calories a day over the long-term.” http://consumer.healthday.com/vitamins-and-nutrition-information-27/obesity-health-news-505/drug-for-bladder-problems-may-help-control-weight-too-695214.html