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There's a good chance someone you know is taking a shot to lose weight. Are these miracle drugs?

Weight loss shots have skyrocketed in popularity over the last year. We're looking beyond the trends to uncover the truth about these meds and their promises.

Teresa Woodard, Sydney Persing

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Published: 7:32 PM CST February 19, 2024
Updated: 10:41 PM CDT March 18, 2024

Celebrities were among the first to jump on the bandwagon with weight-loss injections. 

This time last year, the practice had become so prominent throughout Hollywood that Jimmy Kimmel, while hosting the 2023 Academy Award, even cracked a joke about their prevalence.

A year later, and weight-loss injections have become commonplace even among common folk.

There’s a good chance, in fact, that someone you know is now on one of these so-called "miracle shots."

But, as with any drug so new to the market, big questions remain about safety, affordability, access and effectiveness of these offerings.

Are these drugs really the easy answers they're being sold as?

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