Dan Bessison

I'm an old person with kind of gray hair. I prescribe Fen-Phen. So I've been doing this for, gosh, whatever, almost 30 years.

I'm an old person with kind of gray hair. I prescribe Fen-Phen. So I've been doing this for, gosh, whatever, almost 30 years.

I'm an old person with kind of gray hair. I prescribe Fen-Phen. So I've been doing this for, gosh, whatever, almost 30 years.

Yeah, I would use the term game changer. There's never been anything like this. We've done studies with older medications and, you know, the medications worked okay, but people weren't happy with them. These medicines just, not only the ones we have now, which are semaglutide and trisepatide, but the ones that are coming after that, that are in clinical trials.

Yeah, I would use the term game changer. There's never been anything like this. We've done studies with older medications and, you know, the medications worked okay, but people weren't happy with them. These medicines just, not only the ones we have now, which are semaglutide and trisepatide, but the ones that are coming after that, that are in clinical trials.

Yeah, I would use the term game changer. There's never been anything like this. We've done studies with older medications and, you know, the medications worked okay, but people weren't happy with them. These medicines just, not only the ones we have now, which are semaglutide and trisepatide, but the ones that are coming after that, that are in clinical trials.

We're at a time now that medications are likely to provide the kind of weight loss that we used to only see with bariatric surgery. I understand that there's more than 100 medications in this anti-obesity medication pipeline. We've been doing studies with some of the next generation, and they're even more effective than the semaglutide and trizepatide are.

We're at a time now that medications are likely to provide the kind of weight loss that we used to only see with bariatric surgery. I understand that there's more than 100 medications in this anti-obesity medication pipeline. We've been doing studies with some of the next generation, and they're even more effective than the semaglutide and trizepatide are.

We're at a time now that medications are likely to provide the kind of weight loss that we used to only see with bariatric surgery. I understand that there's more than 100 medications in this anti-obesity medication pipeline. We've been doing studies with some of the next generation, and they're even more effective than the semaglutide and trizepatide are.

Yeah. And, you know, when we have somebody go to bariatric surgery, we prepare them for that. They see a psychologist, they see a nutritionist, they talk to other people who've had surgery and say, how was that for you? They think about it. And then it's kind of a go, no go. You know, either you have surgery or you don't and you get what you get.

Yeah. And, you know, when we have somebody go to bariatric surgery, we prepare them for that. They see a psychologist, they see a nutritionist, they talk to other people who've had surgery and say, how was that for you? They think about it. And then it's kind of a go, no go. You know, either you have surgery or you don't and you get what you get.

Yeah. And, you know, when we have somebody go to bariatric surgery, we prepare them for that. They see a psychologist, they see a nutritionist, they talk to other people who've had surgery and say, how was that for you? They think about it. And then it's kind of a go, no go. You know, either you have surgery or you don't and you get what you get.

Medications are going to give that kind of weight loss, but we're not preparing people for that. What does your life look like when you're not interested in food? I had a woman tell me, you know, my husband took me out to this fancy restaurant here in Denver for my birthday. He was so excited. I looked at the food and I thought, gee, this is not going to work for me.

Medications are going to give that kind of weight loss, but we're not preparing people for that. What does your life look like when you're not interested in food? I had a woman tell me, you know, my husband took me out to this fancy restaurant here in Denver for my birthday. He was so excited. I looked at the food and I thought, gee, this is not going to work for me.

Medications are going to give that kind of weight loss, but we're not preparing people for that. What does your life look like when you're not interested in food? I had a woman tell me, you know, my husband took me out to this fancy restaurant here in Denver for my birthday. He was so excited. I looked at the food and I thought, gee, this is not going to work for me.

So it makes changes in people's relationships with other folks. When people see someone losing weight, they wonder, what are you doing? Do you have cancer? Who do you tell that you're out of medicine? What do you tell them about why and what your goals are? What are your goals? How much weight do you want to lose? And how will you know when you're done?

So it makes changes in people's relationships with other folks. When people see someone losing weight, they wonder, what are you doing? Do you have cancer? Who do you tell that you're out of medicine? What do you tell them about why and what your goals are? What are your goals? How much weight do you want to lose? And how will you know when you're done?

So it makes changes in people's relationships with other folks. When people see someone losing weight, they wonder, what are you doing? Do you have cancer? Who do you tell that you're out of medicine? What do you tell them about why and what your goals are? What are your goals? How much weight do you want to lose? And how will you know when you're done?

These are questions that we've never had to ask before. And we don't have good data. And people are willing to pay. So there's all these market forces with... People just want a medicine. They don't want a doctor. They don't want advice. They just want the medicine. But they don't really know what they're getting into. So it's a bit of a chaotic environment.

These are questions that we've never had to ask before. And we don't have good data. And people are willing to pay. So there's all these market forces with... People just want a medicine. They don't want a doctor. They don't want advice. They just want the medicine. But they don't really know what they're getting into. So it's a bit of a chaotic environment.