• Sarmyth@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    This could be just like that. If it is more harmful than it is already known to be, then the widespread adoption should highlight that faster.

    If there are supply issues, as others have mentioned, widespread adoption and profitability will hopefully cause an increase in production.

    It would have to be pretty bad for you to be worse than the detrimental health effects of being 300lbs+

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      2 months ago

      That’s where I was on the whole fen-phen thing. I recall speaking to a couple doctors (in casual conversation) who thought that the lawsuits were stupid and that it was, indeed, good for the morbidly obese to have options like this. Me, personally, I believe that a bunch of lawyers got dollar signs in their eyes and decided to go after the big bucks.

      I guess the FDA can be persuaded with enough pressure.