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People have been taking them for decades for other reasons, so if they had side effects reducing max life expectancy worse than being overweight surely we'd kno

People have been taking them for decades for other reasons, so if they had side effects reducing max life expectancy worse than being overweight surely we'd know by now.

hackernewds 2y ago
have they? why are they only gaining prominence now?
- ben_w 2y ago
  Because they have been made available for weight loss. Viagra's original purpose was for heart conditions, that purpose didn't make the headlines (or spam folders) either.
  - tuatoru 2y ago
    Almost. Pulmonary hypertension, high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. Pretty close to the heart.
    - ben_w 2y ago
      Oh? I stand corrected. I thought it was for angina.
- positr0n 2y ago
  Treatment of type 2 diabetes.