Luke O'Neill

Oh, for good.

The effects are amazing.

A guy called Steve O'Rahilly.

Did you ever hear of this?

He's an Irish...

scientist in england for years he's famous for working on obesity and he he said to me his patients like night and day when they come in now and and it's not just about obesity pad it's decreasing risk of heart attacks kidney problems there's all these beneficial we think it's because you're losing this toxic fat in your body that cause irritates your inflammatory process and therefore there's a higher risk of other diseases as well you know so steve was saying this is the most amazing and he's been treating patients for 40 years with obesity

And he said he's never seen the like of it.

So it's a really positive.

Okay.

So, I mean, these other benefits, it is, I was listening to the TED Talk program on News Talk earlier this morning on my way in, and they were talking about social media, that it's the biggest experiment that we're working on young people at the moment.

And 20 years now, they look back, they'll have all the stats, but it might be too late.

The damage might be done.

Steve's worry would be only take it if you're a very high BMI with type 2 diabetes.

So they're the people who should be on it.

So that's the question.

Is this, because it's becoming a popular kind of slimming drug rather than a weight loss drug, could there be problems coming down the line that we can't see?

That's a concern.

Follow the medical advice as the message your GP should be giving it to you.

The GP will keep an eye on you.

One worry about is eating disorders are going up with it because people have a different appetite.