Sally Kohn: The idea of sacrificing health to focus on weight is new. She says the FDA and doctors are grappling in real time with what matters more. Severe obesity puts people at risk for heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers. If Redux can help these people get thin, it might be worth the risk," she says.
Fen-Phen & Redux were "the next miracle drugs" in the '90s, claiming to help people lose dramatic amounts of weight in just three months. But within a few short years, they'd been pulled from the market. They were just too effective! (Just kidding, they killed some people.)
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