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FDA approves diet drugs despite health hazards?

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    Do benefits outweigh the risks? Dr. David Samadi explains

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Yeah.

And yeah.

Two new weight loss drugs are about to go public called -- -- or an end next but the side effects could be scary after Davidson bodies of Fox News medical contributor -- Actually teeny chance now to tell us more about this good so the FDA advisory committee voted in favor of these eighteen to -- these two drugs that now goes to the real FDA right what's gonna happen boat.

Your next which is built by you view this is actually on the pipeline and most like who's gonna get approved this here.

Now this won't look cancer and just came into his serve it is that they put application 2000 -- non when he got denied by 2010.

Because of the site it takes the cardiac issues and heart valve issues.

-- also cause some cancer in rats now they came back and put into application that so those side effects are are not as bad and and now they're considering -- and as you said.

Devoted eighteen to four past now it's in -- FDA to see if it's going to be approved the truth is Gretchen is that as a whole we talked about this obesity last week.

We cover this on household is Sunday the third of the country suffering from obesity and obesity is a lot worse than smoking.

Because obesity causes diabetes causes high blood pressure causes stroke so.

This is going to really catch over this and you guys talk about that -- -- care and the finances of the health care.

There's no system that can carry this -- -- so we're desperate and has that FDA has to throw some of these medications out.

So so we're at a point in society where we would maybe.

Look the other way from side effects because we've got 13 of the people -- girl beats I think what they're doing this you know -- saying that if the benefit outweighs the risk.

That it's a good medication for you to take there's no -- -- and as a medical doctor.

We're always concerned about these medication if you look at next it's epilepsy medication but this side effect of it is that it makes it way -- You look at this look at certain.

It has a lot of side effects but he can make you lose -- your second year -- so if you're really obese and you read the risk of death from cardiac issues.

Then maybe this will help you but this is not -- quick fix I don't want people do things right it's not because I read somewhere in the notes that you only lose on average 10% of your -- -- it's less than 6% in the first here and the second it would be 5% so -- -- two -- -- -- listening to this.

If -- thing that they're going to take this medication and they're going to get the weight off it's not the answer.

You really have to do all the things we've spoken about to exercise that you know one of the things that I tell my pitches I wanna sit in the office.

Does that -- we talked about the portion control.

That doesn't work as much so -- say is they take a plate that's much smaller now you don't have.

You know -- -- to put on.

And look at -- addition make sure this has the -- -- diet kind of thing you know -- stick to those kind of things like this is it sounds like you're still advising the good old -- way of losing -- that the drug may be a small benefit if you are extremely obese and you really sick this would be may be one way to go over this is not a quick facts aren't doctors might as immigrants.

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