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What the FDA Has Actually Approved for Weight Management The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases maintains a plain-language list of prescription medications approved for chronic weight management: orlistat (Xenical, Alli), phentermine-topiramate (Qsymia), naltrexone-bupropion (Contrave), liraglutide (Saxenda), semaglutide (Wegovy), and tirzepatide (Zepbound), plus setmelanotide (Imcivree) for specific rare genetic causes of obesity

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Key variants in the GLP1R gene (like rs6923761) and the FTO gene (rs9939609) influence both your baseline hunger set point and your medication responsiveness