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by mmcnl 781 days ago
But has it had long-term studies as a weight-loss drug instead of a diabetes treatment? The results might be different.
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it might be, but the question is if there's some long term bad effect, like it causes brain bleeds if you take it for 20 years or something. I don't think patients taking it for weight-loss instead of diabetes changes the underlying biological processes that happens as a result of taking the medication, so long term studies based on diabetes patients is useful information for non-diabetes patients.