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throwaway173738yesterday at 7:03 PM0 repliesview on HN

I know you’re making fun of baseless skepticism here but I remember seeing at least three different “miracle weight loss drugs” hit the market, give people fantastic results, and then get pulled years after some terrible long term side effects. I also remember similar marketing around SSRIs like Paxil being miraculous and GPs prescribing them to teenagers, and that did not go well for teenage me. So forgive me if I’m a little skeptical here.