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		Firmwarrior on Jan 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ‘Breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned res... It sounded like it was decades of side effects, rather than 3 months. Presumably that affects the calculus Especially since we're talking about possibly dying a couple years early vs definite awful side effects

nradov on Jan 5, 2023 [–]

I'm willing to bet that there are some other long-term side effects that haven't even been detected yet. Since I'm not obese I'll let others take the risk.

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