• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It will be fascinating to see what happens by the time there are generic versions of these meds available.

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      1 year ago

      I’m guessing they’ll be off the market before a generic version can be made. I might just be prejudiced by living through the Fen-phen craze, but I fully expect they’ll find most of these weight loss drugs cause some sort of health issues.

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        1 year ago

        I fully expect they’ll find most of these weight loss drugs cause some sort of health issues.

        But will these health issues be worse than obesity itself? Almost all medicines have side effects, the job is figuring out which is worse: the condition they treat or the side effects from the medicine.