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More than 4,000 Americans have filed lawsuits against the maker of Ozempic alleging they were never given adequate warnings about serious side effects. Cases include vision loss, kidney damage and deaths. And there are lesser-known side effects that scientists are just beginning to study.
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With an average 28.7% reduction in body weight over 68 weeks and results surpassing gastric bypass surgery in some patients, Eli Lilly's retatrutide is the most powerful obesity drug ever tested. But it still does not have regulatory approval.
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Retatrutide does not have regulatory approval in any country. That hasn't stopped people around the world from starting to buy it online in unregulated versions made in China. Doctors are seeing patients appear in consultations who self-medicate with a compound whose complete safety profile is not yet known.
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Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro — GLP-1 drugs are the most talked-about medical development of the decade. Here's what they actually do and what the honest evidence shows.