[moate]

Exactly. I’m old enough to remember the Fen-Phen fallout.

A truly harmless weight-loss drug is the white whale of the pharmaceutical (assuming it can be profitable enough to offset the losses that would go along with the decrease in needed treatment for problems ancillary to obesity). These drugs, so far, seem pretty good but some of the side effects should take the shine off for people who thing this is ”The Cure” for obesity.

[mech422]

check out the DES babies (0) or Thalidomide if you want to see how little we understand long term effects...My mom was a nanny and one of the girls she raised was born sterile due to DES her mom was given _to support pregnancy_ !

0) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_defects_of_diethylstilbe...

1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal