Not long after, doctors and patients noticed that those who consumed the medication lost up to 15% of their body weight
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Other weight-loss medicines
Jody Dushay, who prescribes the medicines in her practice at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston
Best painkillers: aspirin, ibuprofen or paracetamol