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Osmotic for Weight Loss
Osmotic is a medication that was FDA approved in 2017 to treat type 2 diabetes. It tricks the body into thinking that you're fuller than you are by slowing down your gastrointestinal tract, which leads to side effects like nausea and constipation. Osmotic actually has the lowest amount of the active ingredient in it. So it is the least efficacious for weight loss when you compare it to the other two medications.
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