The ‘silent epidemic’ of eating disorders, with Cheri Levinson, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
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Ozempic: A Drug Therapy for Eating Disorders
There is minimal medications that work for eating disorders. Medications can be very helpful for treating the co-occurring issues like anxiety and depression worry, but they don't actually treat the eating disorder. ozempic has some pretty scary side effects, both in terms of being on it and when you go off of it. It's probably going to end up leading to weight gain in the long term because we know that most of the time when people lose weight on diets never sustains itself past a year.
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