Reierson makes a good point: If these supplements really did help people lose 20, 30, 40 pounds, they would be flying off the shelves
Weight loss and biology: Rapid weight loss itself can have psychological effects
This does not mean they are unsafe
These medications include semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy), dulaglutide (Trulicity), liraglutide (Victoza, Saxenda), and exenatide (Byetta), among others
The article says GLP-1 drugs carry black-box warnings for medullary thyroid carcinoma risk observed in animal models, and that they are contraindicated in anyone with a personal or family history of thyroid cancer or MEN 2 syndrome
Both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have launched formal safety reviews after receiving hundreds of adverse event reports