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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean, maybe I'm older than most of y'all, but in decades past, the horror stories were always out there about weight loss drugs. Because of the old drugs, I will not take any of the new drugs. [/quote]

Would you take a two-decade old diabetes drug? What about a new diabetes drug? These weren't even developed for weight loss. Weight loss was discovered after those taking it for diabetes were dropping weight. [/quote]

And thus I, who does not have diabetes, would rather wait until it's been used safely on people like me for that period of time at the weight loss dosage.[/quote]

Same. I'm not overweight nor diabetic and have no need to be a guinea pig.  Would be nice if there was a wonder drug, but there's a lot we don't know yet about long term usage.[/quote]
Many of these people are finally skinny "effortlessly", they will withstand nausea, vomiting, sulphur burps, diarrhea, etc, etc. You can't pry that needle or pill from their bony little hands. The overseeing entity (usda?) will have to issue a ban on these drugs for their population and remove them to get them to stop....unless gastric cancers or dehydration/heart issues stops them first. See also: fen phen.[/quote]

Not only the drugs but the gastric bypass and bands didn't work either. Bodies adapt and we'll likely see this with the drugs over time. Then we'll be on to the next craze.[/quote]
My friend got a gastric sleeve in Tijuana. She lost 20 pounds in the first 3 months. She began consuming milk shakes, ice cream and other calorie laden foods which overrode her surgery. Within a year of her surgery, she basically stretched her stomach back out (or something), resumed her previous overeating habits, regained the weight lost and added 20 pounds more. Moral: people will do anything, other than address the core reasons for their overeating (which is evidenced by their relentless "food noise") to lose weight. Sadly, without significant habit changes, lifestyle changes and psychological growth, the WEIGHT ALWAYS COMES BACK.[/quote]

Weight virtually always comes back regardless of lifestyle changes. 90-95% who have lost significant weight gain all or more than all of it back within 5 years. [/quote]

Which is why this medication is so life changing for a subset of that chronically overweight/obese population- it keeps their weight down into a healthy range.  Yes there are side effects and for some people, those are bothersome enough to not want the medication, even if it means they remain obese and have a shorter life expectancy.  For many, the side effects are mild and they are finally able to keep their bodies at a healthy weight which lowers their risk of myriad diseases.  It's an amazing medication, when used as intended in a population that would see medical benefits from it.  I am not interested in stories of celebrities with BMIs of 23 who are taking it to bring their BMIs down to 19.  Or stories of people using it because of body dysmorphia, or to augment their eating disorder.  That's not a reason to pull it from the market or claim it's dangerous.  It's literally out there saving millions of lives. [/quote]

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