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Weight-loss drug lorcaserin found to be safe in new study
A major study has found promising results for the safety of a weight-loss drug available in the US.
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, says adults using the drug lorcaserin lost an average of 4kg (8.8lb) over 40 months.
It says the drug, which works by suppressing appetite, does not put people at greater risk of heart issues.
But experts emphasise the importance of long-term lifestyle changes in achieving effective weight loss.
Lorcaserin has been available in the US for several years under the name Belviq, but it has yet to be approved for use in Europe.
1 kg per 10 months. Not exactly a miracle drug, is it?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 28 2018, @03:17AM (1 child)
Whenever I consume cannabis frequently, it's like it's impossible for me to gain weight.
I really only have to watch what I eat when I've run out.
As far as I know, the stuff I get isn't terribly high in CBD, certainly not compared to medicinal strains. (About half as much going by the labwork I looked at last.) I use it for spiritual purposes. The weight loss/management effect it has for me is a bonus.
It's something that needs to be studied more. We should always be cautious about treating cannabis like a panacea... but it certainly does seem like one. Could be the case that there's some minimum effective dose of CBD for weight management that's present in all but the weakest ruderalis [wikipedia.org] crossbreeds. It really makes no sense to turn to the latest designer molecules when nature's already provided us a cocktail of molecules proven safe since forever that's just as effective.
Actually, 1 kg/10 months?! lol! Make that an order of magnitude more effective for cannabis. Smoke some herb every day after the day's work is done and lose about 16 kg/10 months was my experience.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 28 2018, @01:18PM
So where's your peer-reviewed study showing that? All you've got is anecdotes, which might be interesting, but are no substitute for actual scientific peer-reviewed studies. This designer molecule they got has one. Oh, right, the government has made doing any actual science surrounding cannabis-derived compounds very difficult.