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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m in healthcare and I keep up with the latest research on this. The fact is, we don’t know what all the long term impacts are at this point. Newer studies are now showing that there are potential serious adverse effects on the kidneys and pancreas- you don’t want to mess with that. There’s a reason that doctors don’t want people going on this to lose vanity weight. [/quote]

"in healthcare" - are you a doctor?

Can you cite the studies?

I assume a lot of people here are very smart - do you really believe all of this stuff that "people say" about the drugs or are you all getting this information from doctors and peer reviewed studies? Just stop stop stop with the misinformation. People want so badly for the negative stuff to be true.

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Anyone can say they're in healthcare. That person could work data processing for a payment system and work in healthcare.[/quote]

Definitely not in data processing, lol. I have to stay on top of all the research because I work directly with patients. No one is spreading any misinformation, everyone has access to google and medical journals (I just subscribe to a lot and get them directly to my email). I can copy and paste articles, which is a waste of my time to gather all this information for internet strangers when you can easily find it for yourself.

Of course there are adverse reactions and side effects… that is pretty much any medication. Here’s what’s being discussed right now for GLP’s:

Risk for thyroid C cell tumors 
Gastroparesis (which can be irreversible and trust me, you don’t want this).
Gallbladder issues.

And by the way, I never told anyone not to take them. You people get so oddly defensive about your life choices. I said doctors are not keen to prescribe these for vanity reasons and there is a good reason for that.

Here’s another Medscape article written by a (gasp) doctor and not someone working at a data center:
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/1003255
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DP. Adding mention of Washington Post article today about another possible side effect: malaise/less enjoyment from activities. I will note it also suggests a lower dose may improve/eliminate that effect....but it's still an effect that isn't being focused on and may well be being unreported/unidentified as attached to the medication/overlooked because of the other effects of the weight loss.  
Point is: we still don't know everything and individuals' situations are different. So why don't I take a GLP? Because I don't believe the trade-off of potential side effects/unknowns is worth it for me yet.[/quote]

Yes I had that. I think a lot of obese people become obese because they intensely love food and get a lot of enjoyment out of that. Once you take the food away, you do have to replace that interest with something else.

Something I struggled with, even on a very low dose, is cooking. No meals seem interesting to me and I have trouble coming up with ideas for things to eat. Whereas before I'd think "I'm going to make tacos tonight because I want tacos." Now I think about making tacos, but they don't sound too appealing. And making intricate recipes when I'm not even that hungry is hard. [/quote]

I think that's a good point, but why must you enjoy cooking? Why is that essential? The thin their whole lives women I know never cooked much even with kids and never cared about food. My mil is one of them, and dh grew up on takeout and bagged salad. Am I saying that all moms should do that all the time? No, but it's almost like by being sweet caretakers who want to make meals good and wonderful for their families, women are punishing themselves into being overweight. And some will say why do you have to eat a lot, moderate...That is not how some of us are wired naturally.[/quote]

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