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2. Are laxatives for weight loss safe? - AOL

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   Laxatives are designed for constipation, not weight loss, and can lead to serious side effects and dangerous complications when used incorrectly. When you lose weight on laxatives, it's from water ...

3. With laxatives in high demand, doctors warn not to take them ...

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   High demand for laxatives may be causing shortages. Doctors advise against taking them for purposes other than constipation relief, like weight loss. With laxatives in high demand, doctors warn ...

4. Are laxatives the 'budget Ozempic'? Doctors warn about weight ...

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   Laxatives can cause you to lose a little weight — a few pounds at most — in the short term by causing you to pass the stool that’s in your body, Chey says. Taking excessive amounts of ...

5. Anti-obesity medication - Wikipedia

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   Weight loss drugs have been developed since the early twentieth century, and many have been banned or withdrawn from the market due to adverse effects, including deaths; other drugs proved ineffective. Although many earlier drugs were stimulants such as amphetamines, in the early 2020s, GLP-1 receptor agonists became popular for weight loss.

6. Lipase inhibitors - Wikipedia

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   Lipase inhibitors can be found naturally in plants and can also be produced as pharmaceutical drugs.Some lipase inhibitors have been identified in Panax ginseng. [5] [6] Some active compounds with chalcone scaffold found in Glycyrrhiza glabra, Cassia mimosoides, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Boesenbergia rotunda, apples and Morus alba also had strong effect against lipase.

7. Purging disorder - Wikipedia

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   Purging disorder is an eating disorder characterized by the DSM-5 as self-induced vomiting, or misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas to forcefully evacuate matter from the body. [1] Purging disorder differs from bulimia nervosa (BN) because individuals do not consume a large amount of food before they purge. [ 2 ]