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Two and a half years without a gallbladder

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  1. Barrin92 · · focus · HN ↗
    > I started some medications that suppress appetite in 2021 and lost 20+ pounds relatively quickly.

    Assuming she's talking about GLP-1 drugs those do indeed have been associated with gallblader (and other gastrointestinal) inflammation and disease.

    Not necessarily causative here obviously but still in my opinion irresponsible to use for weight loss that isn't medically urgent.

    1. aetherson · · focus · HN ↗
      She's probably not? If she's gone two and a half years since her gallbladder was removed, and years before that when sge had gallstone symptoms but thought they were something else, that was before widespread use of GLPs.
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