I feel like there stuff unsaid here that should be considered.
For example: those 82% of the cases with a “rebound” were all people who, for some justified reason couldn’t change their life style to a healthier one?
This, I feel, is important. Because I understand if you have a condition that doesn’t let you do sport or eat a variety of food, or have hormonal imbalances or otherwise a condition that makes you involuntarily gain weight. In this case, the rebound is logical and expected as the drug doesn’t cure your symptoms, just helps you fight the results of them.
But if you are just eating 5 burgers at lunch then hoping for the drug to help you and when you stop with the drug you keep your 5 burgers for lunch, of course you are going to see a rebound, but that’s on you, not on the drug.
EDIT: I finished reading the article. They did mention that those people kept a reduced calorie diet.
So as I was saying in my second paragraph, the issue here is that the drug doesn’t cure but just helps fighting the results of an underlying issue.
I feel like there stuff unsaid here that should be considered.
For example: those 82% of the cases with a “rebound” were all people who, for some justified reason couldn’t change their life style to a healthier one?
This, I feel, is important. Because I understand if you have a condition that doesn’t let you do sport or eat a variety of food, or have hormonal imbalances or otherwise a condition that makes you involuntarily gain weight. In this case, the rebound is logical and expected as the drug doesn’t cure your symptoms, just helps you fight the results of them.
But if you are just eating 5 burgers at lunch then hoping for the drug to help you and when you stop with the drug you keep your 5 burgers for lunch, of course you are going to see a rebound, but that’s on you, not on the drug.
EDIT: I finished reading the article. They did mention that those people kept a reduced calorie diet. So as I was saying in my second paragraph, the issue here is that the drug doesn’t cure but just helps fighting the results of an underlying issue.