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> You’re saying this like it’s true already

Because it is true already? You take an obese person who has a lower quality of life because of their obesity and give them a drug that helps them lose that weight and keep it if, they're literally gaining function and a higher quality of life from it. Today.



Phen-fen helped people lose weight.


Yeah, and? Fen-phen was a drug controversially approved in April 1996 and withdrew from market September 1997.

GLP-1s aren't remotely similar. Their approval was 20 years ago and have been in used by diabetics since.




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