Dr. Ronda Marie Chakolis-Hassan

But what we're not hearing about is the people who are being hospitalized because their gastrointestinal system

can't handle this medication or they're having issues with their pancreas or they're having issues with their vision, we're only looking at the quick fix.

And so when we're adding that additional medication, we also need to think about

what's being taken away.

And so when we talk about weight loss, when I talk to people who are starting this drug, be it for weight loss or diabetes, it's indiscriminate.

So we think about the scale, but are we looking at muscle mass?

Are we looking at how loose your skin is?

Are we looking at how fast this is?

And so

The conversation I often have is, yeah, when you're losing weight, your body doesn't know what's fat or muscle.

So you got to eat protein.

You have to exercise.

You have to drink water.

You have to incorporate fiber.

And so those are the conversations we need to be having, not just about this class of medication, but with any medication.

I agree.

But I think one thing that we forget is in terms of physician, and I'm talking to a couple of them right here as we're sitting on this show, is those clinical guidelines and FDA indications, right?

Yeah.

And so physicians have been...

Like right now, I'm a candidate.