Because drugs releasing as miracles have a history of shoving side effects, especially long-term ones, under the rug. Weight loss stuff especially is such a hot product that people are willing to shrug off a lot for the promise of results.

No, Glp-1 is a brain active hormone. Anytime you start artificially dosing a hormone you will get secondary effects. The idea that all these drugs do is lose weight is what drug companies want you sell you.

I think part of it might be the drug maker’s greed, though. Like it costs them pennies to make but they’re actively driving up everyone’s health care costs, whether they use them or not. There’s a whole business disruption behind these drugs and there doesn’t need to be.