others, I'd barely recognize myself
"When I talk to patients about weight management, I always bring up these other options as well, because some people don't want to use a needle." Older prescription weight loss pills include: Hydrogel ( Plenity ) Naltrexone-bupropion ( Contrave ) Orlistat ( Xenical ) Phentermine (Adipex, Suprenza) Phentermine topiramate (Qsmyia) While the GLP-1 agonists can produce a weight loss of 10% to 20%, the average weight lost with older medications is lower in the range of 5% to 10% of the starting body weight
Although some studies have shown an increased risk for thyroid cancer and pancreatitis in human patients, these studies are difficult to interpret due to reporting bias, lack of controlling for other patient medical histories and comorbidities, the fact that obese people are already highly at risk for specific forms of cancer and may already have primordial tumours present when beginning medication and are likely to be taking other medication apart from GLP1R agonists as well [55]
Importantly, the metabolic and behavioral abnormalities observed in male BBS5 / mice were recapitulated in females (Supplemental Figure 1, DJ), suggesting that there were no sex differences in disease manifestation