Each study is judged on seven items: sequence generation, allocation concealment, blinding of participants and personnel, blinding of outcome assessors, incomplete outcome data, selective outcome reporting, and other sources of bias
doi:10.1038/s41591-023-02603-1 25Stefan N, Yki-Jrvinen H, Neuschwander-Tetri BA
During this time, adults taking a weight loss drug in clinical trials lost an average of about 10 percent of their starting body weight, and they lost an additional eight percent within 15 months
Therefore, patients should check whether the pharmacy that will ship their medication has a physical address and a telephone number based in the U.S
This table from a 2025 meta-analysis shows the average weight change compared to a control group after stopping anti-obesity medications