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Magic pill? Promise and peril in Australia’s next weight-loss boom

Published by Australian Financial Review · Australia 9 h ago
Some 800,000 Australians take GLP-1s. Those numbers are expected to rise significantly when the first daily tablets go on sale later this year. Bethany Rae
Some 800,000 Australians take GLP-1s. Those numbers are expected to rise significantly when the first daily tablets go on sale later this year. Bethany Rae · Australian Financial Review

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The launch of the first weight-loss drug pills in Australia is expected to trigger an explosion in the number of people taking the drugs, but at what cost?

When Kim Roberts collapsed on a Sydney street three years ago, it was a wake-up call for the 43-year-old who had no idea she had a genetic condition that put her at high risk of heart attacks.

Roberts, a busy mother of six with a full-time job, woke up in an ambulance demanding to be taken back to work, but her doctor had other ideas.

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