A man rapidly lost weight on a popular weight-loss drug. After 6 months, he was hospitalized with heart problems and confusion.

Wed, 08/07/2024 - 11:18

A close-up of a man injecting a medication into the skin of his stomach area. — A new case study reports that a man was hospitalized with a dangerous thyroid condition after losing weight quickly on tirzepatide.
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A man was hospitalized with serious health problems after losing 80 lbs in 6 months.
He was taking tirzepatide, a popular weight-loss drug, as well as a thyroid medication.
Losing weight too quickly while on other medications can be risky, experts warn.

Six months after he started taking a weight-loss drug, a 62-year-old man was hospitalized with heart palpitations, tremors, confusion, fever, and sweating.

The man, from Colorado, had been prescribed the drug tirzepatide (the active ingredient in Mounjaro and Zepbound) to lose weight. It was working — he had dropped more than 80 pounds, and gradually increased the dose over time.