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		A New Obesity Pill May Burn Fat Without Suppressing Appetite (wired.com)
		8 points by AndrewDucker 3 months ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

IsTom 3 months ago | [–]

There's already drugs that work like that (e.g. DNP) and they're dangerous exactly because they work this way. There's no mention in the article that this one would be safer.

garyclarke27 3 months ago | [–]

Mirabegron a well tolerated drug for Urinary Incontinence also promotes thermogenesis and conversion of white fat to heat producing brown fat

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