Anti-obesity drugs reduce suicidal thoughts
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•Teens on anti-obesity drugs less likely to consider or attempt suicide
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Researchers analysed mental health outcomes for nearly 7,000 adolescents who were obese and aged 12 to 18 .
Half were prescribed the drugs, while half got a lifestyle intervention instead, for example being advised to diet and exercise.
Up to three years later , patients who took the medication were 33 per cent less likely to have considered or attempted suicide.
GLP-1 agonists work by suppressing patients’ appetites and have been approved to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes in the European Union .
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