Research
Molecular
Many weight loss medications have been withdrawn from the market due to serious adverse effects.
Practitioners should be cautious about prescribing weight loss medications due to potential serious side effects.
StrongSupportsmedium confidence
Many weight loss medications have been withdrawn from the market because of serious adverse effects.
Why this rating
The claim is based on a comprehensive review of pharmacological treatments.
Source
Evolution of pharmacological obesity treatments: focus on adverse side‐effect profiles
Andrew J. Krentz et al. · Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism · 2016
DOI 10.1111/dom.12657
reviewCited 167×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
More from this paper
Related findings · Molecular
- QRISK decreased markedly after weight loss from 18.9 ± 2.2% to 11.2 ± 1.6%, p < 0.0001.Strong
- Normalization of 10-year cardiovascular risk and heart age is possible after substantial dietary weight loss and remission of T2DM.Strong
- The Low-Fat Plus diet resulted in a greater reduction in total cholesterol compared to the Low-Fat diet, with changes of -0.46 mmol/L (-17.6 mg/dL) versus -0.24 mmol/L (-9.2 mg/dL) respectively (P = 0.01).Strong
This is one finding among thousands. Every one is graded and traced to its source, so you can see what the evidence actually supports. Browse the research →