On my desk is a long list of drugs. What do they have in common? Over the last 40 years they were all approved by the FDA in the United States as safe and effective for weight lost. Ultimately, all of these drugs were withdrawn from the market.

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Now we have a new, injectable drug: Ozepmic. It’s a semaglutide used to treat type 2 diabetes. Besides treating diabetes, it brings about significant weight loss. Many people have been able to lose 12-14% of their body weight by taking these injections.

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Will Ozempic be that magic drug we’ve been waiting for or will it end like all the rest?

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Link to my op-ed in The Jerusalem Post and blog article:

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