{
  "id": 6254616,
  "title": "Cravings ‘like heroin withdrawal’: what happens when weight-loss drugs don’t work?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/cravings-like-heroin-withdrawal-what-happens-when-weight-loss-drugs",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-07T15:00:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/07/glp1s-weight-loss-drugs-cravings-non-responders"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "GLP-1 medications have been a gamechanger in the fight against obesity. But for a minority of patients, their impact is negligible. Why? When Mercedes was told by her doctor that she could be prescribed GLP-1 weight loss jabs in 2024, she broke down. “[When] she said yes, I cried in her office. And I didn’t really stop crying for a week,” she said. “Finally, after being overweight my entire life,…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}