Ozempic is in the spotlight but it's just the latest in a long and strange history of weight-loss drugs

Laura Dawes

Ozempic is in the spotlight but it's just the latest in a long and strange history of weight-loss drugs

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Doctors once prescribed overweight people extracts of animal glands – either eaten raw or dried in pill form or injected – to treat their supposedly ‘sluggish glands’.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 8 Aug 2023

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Ozempic is in the spotlight but it's just the latest in a long and strange history of weight-loss drugs

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