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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Jun 17;19(1):110–120. doi: 10.1038/oby.2010.147

Table 4.

Adverse events (AEs) with ≥5% incidence and greater incidence in the NB32 + BMOD vs. placebo + BMOD groups, the 10 most common psychiatric AEs, and AEs resulting in discontinuation with ≥0.5% incidence in the NB32 + BMOD group

Placebo +
BMOD
NB32 +
BMOD

N = 200 N = 584

Variabie n (%) P value
All AEs
 Nausea 21 (10.5) 199 (34.1) <0.001
 Headache 35 (17.5) 139 (23.8) 0.076
 Constipation 28 (14.0) 141 (24.1) 0.003
 Dizziness 9 (4.5) 85 (14.6) <0.001
 Vomiting 13 (6.5) 64 (11.0) 0.074
 Insomnia 12 (6.0) 51 (8.7) 0.291
 Dry mouth 6 (3.0) 47 (8.0) 0.014
 Anxiety 7 (3.5) 30 (5.1) 0.441
 Tremor 2 (1.0) 34 (5.8) 0.003
 Abdominal pain, upper 3 (1.5) 32 (5.5) 0.017
 Tinnitus 1 (0.5) 31 (5.3) 0.001
Psychiatric AEs
 Insomnia 12 (6.0) 51 (8.7) 0.291
 Anxiety 7 (3.5) 30 (5.1) 0.441
 Sleep disorder 6 (3.0) 14 (2.4) 0.610
 Depressed mood 8 (4.0) 11 (1.9) 0.110
 Abnormal dreams 4 (2.0) 8 (1.4) 0.514
 Middle insomnia 2 (1.0) 6 (1.0) 1.000
 Tension 1 (0.5) 7 (1.2) 0.687
 Depression 5 (2.5) 2 (0.3) 0.014
 Stress 4 (2.0) 3 (0.5) 0.074
 Dissociation 0 (0) 6 (1.0) 0.347
AEs resulting in discontinuation
 Nausea 0 (0) 27 (4.6) <0.001
 Urticaria 1 (0.5) 10 (1.7) 0.306
 Anxiety 3 (1.5) 7 (1.2) 0.721
 Disturbance in attention 0 (0) 6 (1.0) 0.347
 Headache 1 (0.5) 5 (0.9) 1.000
 Blood pressure increased 0 (0) 4 (0.7) 0.577
 Dizziness 0 (0) 4 (0.7) 0.577
 Vomiting 0 (0) 4 (0.7) 0.577
 Depressed mood 1 (0.5) 3 (0.5) 1.000
 Feeling abnormal 1 (0.5) 3 (0.5) 1.000
 Abdominal pain 0 (0) 3 (0.5) 0.574
 Abdominal pain upper 0 (0) 3 (0.5) 0.574
 Disorientation 0 (0) 3 (0.5) 0.574
 Dissociation 0 (0) 3 (0.5) 0.574
 Feeling jittery 0 (0) 3 (0.5) 0.574
 Insomnia 0 (0) 3 (0.5) 0.574
 Rash 0 (0) 3 (0.5) 0.574

P value is for NB32 + BMOD vs. placebo + BMOD. AEs are listed for all categories of AEs in the top portion of the table and for just the psychiatric category in the middle portion. The bottom portion of the table shows AEs associated into discontinuation. BMOD, behavior modification.