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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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   In the United States, semaglutide (Wegovy) is approved by the FDA for chronic weight management. [50] The FDA guidelines say that a therapy may be approved if it results in weight loss that is statistically significant greater than placebo and generally at least five percent of body weight over six months that comes predominantly from fat mass.

6. Management of obesity - Wikipedia

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   [84] [85] Preoperative weight loss can reduce operative time and hospital stay. [84] [86] [87] although there is insufficient evidence whether preoperative weight loss may be beneficial to reduce long-term morbidity or complications. [87] [88] Weight loss and decreases in liver size may be independent from the amount of calorie restriction. [85]

7. Semaglutide - Wikipedia

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   After two years (120 weeks), the patients retained roughly one-third of their original weight loss (5.6% of the original 17.3% loss). [ 108 ] [ 109 ] In July 2023, the Icelandic Medicines Agency reported two cases of suicidal thoughts and one case of self-injury of users of the injection, prompting a safety assessment of Ozempic, [ 110 ] Wegovy ...