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Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial

YOU ARE GOING TO THINK I AM MAKING THIS UP HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS YET NO OF COURSE YOU HAVEN'T BUT ELI LILLY TESTED THIS TRIPLE-HORMONE OBESITY DRUG CALLED RETATRUTIDE ON OVER TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE IN ELEVEN COUNTRIES AND PARTICIPANTS LOST UP TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THEIR WEIGHT WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE IT COMBINES GLP-1 AND GIP AND GLUCAGON AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS GIP COMES FROM THE INTESTINE AND TRIGGERS FULLNESS AND THE THING IS KNEE PAIN DROPPED BY UP TO SIXTY-TWO PERCENT AND SLEEP APNEA EVENTS FELL BY FIFTY-SEVEN PERCENT AND OVER NINETY PERCENT OF PREDIABETES CASES RESOLVED AND SUPPOSEDLY TRUMP OFFICIALS EVEN GAVE SPECIAL ACCESS TO A MYSTERY SEVENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD SPECULATED TO BE TRUMP. ANYWAY YOU WILL SEE IT ON YOUR PHONE IN AN HOUR.

Eli Lilly's experimental obesity drug retatrutide helped clinical trial participants lose up to 25 percent of their weight while reducing knee pain and sleep apnea events.

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