How new weight-loss drugs are changing conversations about obesity

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  This is in conversation from Apple News.

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  I'm Shemitah Basu.

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  Today, what to know about this new wave of weight loss drugs.

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  There is no such thing as a miracle pill for weight loss.

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  But for many people who have struggled to lose weight and have started using drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, they're saying this comes pretty Darn close.

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  PBS NewsHour spoke with patients about their experiences taking these drugs.

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  My name is Nancy Barnes.

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  I live in New Iberia, Louisiana.

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  In a year and a half, I have lost 107 pounds, and I just feel better.

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  I mean, the whole point to me, my blood pressure is not 205 over 140.

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  It's normal.

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  And I can walk my dog.

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  Hi, I'm Josiah.

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  I'm a nurse practitioner.

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  I use she her pronouns.

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  And I'm based out of California.

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  Like a side effect has been losing weight.

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  But that's not what necessarily my aim was.

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  My aim was really to stop, like, kind of the thought patterns and the binge eating, like cycles that I was going through.

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  And the Wegovy acts as kind of like a shut off switch, I guess, is the best way to describe it.

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