Dr. Ania Jastreboff
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You can't willpower that biology away.
You just can't.
It's just so powerful.
It's just so powerful.
I tried.
Yeah.
And then to your second point, the long-term side effects.
So...
These medications, GLP-1 receptor agonists and GLP-1 GIP receptor, GLP-1 receptor agonists have been used for the treatment of diabetes for 20 years.
So we've been monitoring for side effects, for long-term side effects for 20 years.
Can I say we know what's going to happen after 30, 40, 50 years?
No.
With millions of people taking medicines, will everything always be good?
No.
There's nothing in life that is all good.
So we have to keep on monitoring and looking for things.
But right now, we're not seeing any long-term detrimental side effects.
Now, there are things that come up.
In terms of the most common side effects of these medications, they are gastrointestinal.
So nausea, diarrhea, constipation, and sometimes vomiting.