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KaiserPro on Sept 15, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Founder Mode, hackers, and being bored by tech

Amphetamines solved obesity in the 60s (this is from the 70s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obetrol)

alextingle on Sept 15, 2024 [–]

I don't see anything in there about efficacy. Did it actually work to combat obesity?

KaiserPro on Sept 15, 2024 | [–]

THis paper from 1947 sums up the state of the science(and opinion) at the time: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/29572...

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