Comment Comment by smiley1437 Tirzepatide (and likely other GLPs) have limitations that are rarely brought up in the general media- Patients have about 72 weeks to reach maximum loss, they don't lose any more weight after 72 weeks even on the highest dose.- Patients appear to immediately gain the weight back as soon as they stop taking it.It's right in the phase 3 trial outcomes paper:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10667099/I suspect that this info is intentionally down-played so that it doesn't affect sales. parent smiley1437 1 year ago
- Patients have about 72 weeks to reach maximum loss, they don't lose any more weight after 72 weeks even on the highest dose.
- Patients appear to immediately gain the weight back as soon as they stop taking it.
It's right in the phase 3 trial outcomes paper:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10667099/
I suspect that this info is intentionally down-played so that it doesn't affect sales.