The present invention provides methods and compositions for the prevention, reduction or treatment of adverse effects in a subject caused by a weight-losing
drug containing an
insulin agonist or
antagonist or a
sodium-
glucose transporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor, the subject is being treated with the weight-reducing
drug or the SGLT-2 inhibitor, which contains the intestinal insulinotropic
agonist or
antagonist. The method comprises, in a subject receiving therapy with a
drug or an SGLT-2 agent comprising an
insulin agonist or
antagonist, administering the SGLT-2 agent to the subject, co-administering to the subject, or upon disruption of the weight losing drug or SGLT-2 inhibitor containing the
insulin agonist or antagonist, a therapeutically effective amount of a
selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) compound as disclosed herein represented by the structures of Formulae I, II, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, and XIV.