PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - Tenuate, apisate and other appetite depressants AID - 10.1136/dtb.s1-2.7.27 DP - 1963 Apr 05 TA - The British Edition of the Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics PG - 27--28 VI - s1-2 IP - 7 4099 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/s1-2/7/27.short 4100 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/s1-2/7/27.full AB - Preparations containing diethylpropion (Tenuate - Merrell; Apisate - Wyeth) a compound related to amphetamine, are probably the most heavily promoted of the so-called appetite-depressing drugs. Like other relatives of amphetamine, diethylpropion is claimed to depress the appetite without the stimulating effects on the central nervous system characteristic of amphetamine.