BLADAM - Entry - “My, you’re looking thin… AND very, uh, happy to see me!”

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“My, you’re looking thin… AND very, uh, happy to see me!”

One candidate that Dr. Cummings described as the "darling" of obesity researchers would be a drug that could stimulate a brain structure called the melanocortin-4 receptor, to decrease appetite and cause weight loss. But side effects always loom, and one drug tested in animals made them lose weight but also caused erections.

"That may sound great, but when the erections are unsolicited and prolonged, that's a bad side effect," Dr. Cummings said.

- From an article on weight loss pharmaceutical research in the New York Times (free registration required)

If this isn't fodder for Jay Leno, I don't know what is. Newly-thin people getting "unsolicited and prolonged" erections, as described by a Dr. Cummings. :D

- Blathered by Adam on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 at 6:03 [ Permalink | Trackback ]
- Filed under Grab bag • Wackiness
- Commented on by 4 folks so far. Scroll down and see for yourself (and join in the conversation!)

Comment from Anita Rowland [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	"Solicting erections” is an odd phrase. Inducing them or causing them I can imagine. - Posted on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 at 13:23 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Anita Rowland [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	and shouldn’t this be in Dance category . - Posted on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 at 13:24 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from h0ly [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	lol that would stink if you were like in a public place and get random bones -> beyond embarrassing lol - Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 17:24 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member buttler [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	This is strange, I never heard of this side effect before. I suppose this is one more reason to pay more attention to the drugs we take. And by the way… I don’t approve drug testing on animals. - Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 14:05 [ Permalink to this comment ]

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