taranabant

English

Noun

taranabant (uncountable)

1. A drug, a cannabinoid receptor type 1 inverse agonist investigated for the treatment of obesity but later dropped because of side effects including depression and anxiety.
   • 2008 January 24, Gardiner Harris, “F.D.A. Requiring Suicide Studies in Drug Trials”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Just this month, the results of a trial of Merck’s obesity drug, taranabant, were published showing similar psychiatric problems.