Limit carbs and do a few weights. Only thing that worked for me, so I can only speak from that point of view. Went from 19.5 to 14 stone in a year just doing weights 3-4 times a week and eating a paleo diet. I didn’t stop drinking or anything, just knocked the sugary ones on the head. Ive seen the same work for many people.

I don’t think drugs are the solution.

Hopefully it’s a success and they make it in Ireland.

A lot of these comments are clearly from people with no clue of the difficulties involved with obesity. It’s very easy to stand on a pedestal and hold forth about obesity when you are a normal weight. People who are obese often spend their entire lives in a constant battle with their weight, body image & self confidence. Think very hard about judging someone in such a crass, general fashion.

I’d say overweight people tend to eat even if they’re not hungry… I know , I was one of them :-) , so a pill to feel less hungry is not really going to work in my opinion…

Diet and Exercise….. Oh wait you can’t put that on a shelf and sell it, silly me

Most of the time, people dont eat junk because they’re hungry so this is pointless!

Just go for a run or a walk and don’t be taking that lazy option

Just once I want to see an article or advert about gaining weight!

Yeah it’s a pity there’s not some form of pill or reality television show to step in and take parenting responsibility for obese toddlers…

There’s no life and death struggle, put the fork down, throw away the junk, stop watching television simple as… Do it for your health not your vanity

I can’t stand these weight loss products. The logic of more consumption has nothing to do with dieting.

I’ve a solution for all the obese people and they can have it for free: stop stuffing your face and go for a run! I know there are many reasons why people put on weight but the majority of obese people are just totally and unashamedly lazy. Every time i see someone who’s grossly overweight I genuinely want to scream at them and I feel it should be perfectly acceptable to tell a parent of a obese child that they are a disgrace and a failure as a parent.

Yeah.. It’s gonna have less side effects.. Wanna know how they can say that?
Simple and well known technique..

RCT, one group takes this drug, the other group takes the leading competitor.
The ones taking the leading competitors drug take a larger dose, and those taking the new drug don’t take as much.
Side effects are exaggerated in the comparison group & therefore show that the new drug has less side effects.

In order to prove new drug is more successful? Give an inadequate dosage of competitors drug to comparison group & correct dose of new drug. Therefore showing new drug is more effective.

To prove it works, test it against a placebo – there’s no rule that says the placebos ingredients must be listed.. Even a sugar pill would contribute to weight gain by affecting blood sugar levels, increasing hunger. Great – we have proven it works against placebo..

Unless its an independent trial, where no ties to Pfizer are found, no ghostwriting, and the trial can hold up to scrutiny, do not believe it. It’s just industry marketing. Industry marketing in this case – funded by a company that was permitted to circumvent US law by being allowed to set up a sham company to take the fall for them in a multibillion dollar fraud case. They were “too big to fail”.

I can unfortunately see these pills being the drug of choice for anorexics. Online “pharmacies” make a mockery of the prescription system.