Health Times reporter Zhang He Zhao Yuanzhi
"A week ago at noon an injection, the next four days in addition to breakfast basically did not eat, with exercise, the weight dropped from 104.6 to 101 pounds, but a little bit of eating want to vomit, after resuming eating, the weight also rebounded back." On April 24, Ms. Xia, 28, of Chaoyang District, Beijing, told the Health Times reporter that after learning that a friend had lost a few pounds by "injecting" without eating, she also tried it herself, but because she wanted to vomit twice, she still felt uneasy.
The reporter found that the injection mentioned by Ms. Xia was actually polyethylene glycol lotena peptide injection. Li Qiang, director of the Department of Endocrinology of Shenzhen University General Hospital, told the Health Times reporter that the clinical role is to cooperate with diet control and exercise, single drug or in combination with metformin, for improving blood glucose control in adult type 2 diabetes patients.
Polyethylene glycol lotena peptide injection. Courtesy of respondents
"At present, in the world, the only Semeglerutide and Liraglutide approved as diet pills in the United States can be injected once a week under the guidance of a doctor, and other products have not been approved. Many domestic products are privately 'rubbed' by patients, which is actually very dangerous." Referring to whether this drug can be used to lose weight, Li Qiang said that some people inject this drug to have a weight loss effect, the main principle is that it can inhibit appetite, burn fat, and have a stimulating effect on insulin. Hypoglycemic drugs can stimulate the body's secretion of insulin, after the insulin drop, will indirectly lead to a decrease in appetite, so Ms. Xia will also have a feeling of fullness without eating.
"It is not advisable to lose weight by drugs, although it can play a little weak effect, but it is not symptomatic, and the side effects will be greater than the benefits." Professor Sun Yanqing, the first batch of national health science experts and chief physician of the Department of Hematology of Gansu Provincial People's Hospital, also told the Health Times reporter that the main function of drugs such as polyethylene glycol lotena peptide injection is to lower sugar, and normal people may use hypoglycemic drugs, kidney function damage, liver function damage and other damage to other functions of the body. In addition, there are many reasons for obesity, the most important factors are genetics, eating habits and low exercise.
Polyethylene glycol lotena peptide injection is a prescription drug that can be purchased in regular pharmacies after a doctor has a prescription. For the drug chaos of polyethylene glycol lotena peptide injection, Sun Yanqing said, "It is necessary to strictly follow the principles of the use of prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs stipulated by the State Food and Drug Administration, put the people's health in front of economic interests, and individual patients must also have a correct understanding of drugs and achieve rational use of drugs." ”
In addition, Li Qiang said that without the guidance of doctors, it is easy to use such drugs, and it is easy to have nausea, vomiting and rebound. If you want to use drugs scientifically, you should at least measure six sex hormones, do insulin release tests, and then follow the doctor's instructions, and you must not blindly inject.
