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FDA Reviews Weight-Loss Drugs Americans Are Already Obtaining Creatively

Published: July 06, 2026

Regulators are examining popular weight-loss medications amid soaring demand, shortages, and a thriving informal economy of people who 'know a guy.' What do you think?

“We had cabbage soup. It was worse and somehow more honest.”

“If it works, my jeans will forgive the ethics.”

“I'll wait until it's in the free sample aisle.”