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Exploring the Troubling History of Weight Loss Drugs
The history of weight loss drugs reveals a pattern of dangerous and ineffective treatments. From explosive dinitraphenol causing blindness and fatal fever to amphetamines leading to psychosis and tolerance issues, the search for effective weight loss drugs has resulted in horrifying outcomes like jaw wiring leading to potential choking deaths. Even a popular drug like fenfem, a combination of two existing drugs, resulted in serious health risks. The use of weight loss drugs has been marked by a series of misguided and harmful attempts to address obesity, causing severe physical and psychological consequences.