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It might be okay for weight loss because many patients will only use the medications for a modest time period then come off once they have lost a target amount of weight

There is a reasonably strong rebound effect upon discontinuation, altho not all the way back to baseline (it seems to start asymptoting at perhaps, ~30% of best weight loss):

Lots of concern about #weight regain after stopping a med like #ozempic https://t.co/nT9sneLdJP

Great study cited by @people : https://t.co/jpQPGYo5tr shows what happened in STEP1 extension

Weight seems to go back to baseline. But not worse. There’s no excess rebound effect. pic.twitter.com/aIuoFjILeC

— Beverly G. Tchang, MD (@BevTchangMD) January 31, 2023