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Weight-loss drug found to shrink muscle in mice, human cells

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234 points Eumenes | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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jyscao ◴[21 Nov 24 00:46 UTC] No.42199859[source]▶
When Ozempic started making the rounds in the news with glowing reviews, my instincts told me there likely was some long term negative effective that wasn't immediately apparent yet.

If something sounds good too good to be true, it usually is.

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monero-xmr ◴[21 Nov 24 02:17 UTC] No.42200403[source]▶
No one seems to remember Fen Phen or its stratospheric rise and fall https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenfluramine/phentermine
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1. Someone1234 ◴[21 Nov 24 04:54 UTC] No.42201246[source]▶
No one who brings up Fen Phen seems to grasp how long both that and GLP-1s have been on the market. We're up to 4x Fen Phen's run already (5-years Vs. 20-years). GLP-1 Agonists aren't new, they've just been approved for additional usages.

So why, after 20-years, and millions of people haven't fen-phen-like side effects appeared?