Anti- Obesity Pills: Miracle or Important Part of the Puzzle?

Recent years brought us promising developments in the war against obesity. Many battles

were won, but war was not. There are promising outcomes with anti-obesity drugs (Wegovy, Ozempic, Saxenda, Mounjaro, Xenical, etc...).

There is a BUT: Gaining weight again.

You must be able to do even more than you did to lose weight in order to keep it off. The default setting for your body is weight growth. Because of this, weight regain is typical. Unfortunately, studies also demonstrate that stopping GLP-1 agonists causes weight gain. A thorough biopsychosocial approach is necessary for obesity and weight loss treatment in order to maintain weight loss and enhance health. It's doubtful that weight will stay off without a prescription if people merely take weight reduction medicines and make no other lifestyle modifications.

Metabolic/anti-obesity drugs are here to stay and will get better as technology develops. Therefore, doctors must use their ability to prescribe to improve people's lives in order to improve both their long-term health and their ability to lose weight quickly. That begins with making sure we provide the right people with the proper medications.

Giving "weight reduction drugs" to people has an impact on their metabolic health as well.

Our clinical judgment must be guided by data, not societal trends. People have always desired to transform their bodies to meet the pace with the fast beauty standards. Curvy was trendy last year. The slim look is back this year. So that clinicians can base their medical care on facts rather than fads, we must analyze our biases.