On Friday I received a telephone call from a company that wanted to pick my brain a bit about my experience in treating patients for weight loss, as their client is a pharmaceutical company coming out soon with a new weight loss pill. I am thinking about how many times I have seen articles in the newspaper about some "miracle" weight loss pill that is about ready to hit the market.
Inevitably, these things always seem to wash out...either side effects that require the company to pull the pill off the market or the efficacy is questionable.
We, as a country, are always hopeful that the "magic" pill will come out, allowing us simply to take a pilll and lose weight and keep that weight off. It is very important to understand and accept that no pill exists now, nor do I feel such a pill will be invented that makes weight loss that simple.
Losing weight requires work...watching caloric intake, planning meals, exercising etc. Anthing, whether it be a surgery, a program or "pill" that makes long term weight loss sound easy has to be viewed with lots of skepticism.
Showing posts with label weight loss and pills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weight loss and pills. Show all posts
Monday, November 9, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
weight loss and medications
Harvard Health Weight-loss drugs have drawbacks - Harvard Health
Q:Is there a diet pill available that is safe to use and really works? View Full Story
If you check out the above story, once again, it is pretty clear that losing weight is ALWAYS more than taking a pill. I am now getting lots of questions about HCG injections. People are ordering this off of the internet, God knows what is being shipped to them, and then they ask for a physician to do the injection or a friend/family member who is in the medical field. This HCG injection is accompanied by a 500 calorie a day diet. Give me a break...this is not sustainable, not accomplishing any behavior modification, and has a ZERO chance of long-term success.
Losing weight and keeping it off requires a multidimensional strategy aimed to induce a life-style change permanently. This is VERY difficult, requires lots of work, but it CAN BE DONE. There are no real "short-cuts" in this process, although I see a program such as ours as a great jump-start to the long process. Beware of any pill/injection/etc that promises "easy weight loss". No such thing exists....yes, the surgeries such as gastric bypass and lap banding will produce lots of weight loss, but many people start gaining the weight back over time.
Q:Is there a diet pill available that is safe to use and really works? View Full Story
If you check out the above story, once again, it is pretty clear that losing weight is ALWAYS more than taking a pill. I am now getting lots of questions about HCG injections. People are ordering this off of the internet, God knows what is being shipped to them, and then they ask for a physician to do the injection or a friend/family member who is in the medical field. This HCG injection is accompanied by a 500 calorie a day diet. Give me a break...this is not sustainable, not accomplishing any behavior modification, and has a ZERO chance of long-term success.
Losing weight and keeping it off requires a multidimensional strategy aimed to induce a life-style change permanently. This is VERY difficult, requires lots of work, but it CAN BE DONE. There are no real "short-cuts" in this process, although I see a program such as ours as a great jump-start to the long process. Beware of any pill/injection/etc that promises "easy weight loss". No such thing exists....yes, the surgeries such as gastric bypass and lap banding will produce lots of weight loss, but many people start gaining the weight back over time.
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