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New Weight Loss Drug Has Small Problem: Uncontrollable Vomiting

New Weight Loss Drug Has Small Problem: Uncontrollable Vomiting

Image by Getty / Futurism A Swiss pharmaceutical company hoping to cash in on the weight loss drug trend is having its dreams dashed amid new results showing that the drugs cause a broad majority of patients to yak. As the Financial Times reports, the drugmaker Roche found in trials for the experimental drug, dubbed CT-388, that a majority of people who took the highest dose of it in both injectable and pill form suffered from nausea and vomiting. Revealed during the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes last week, these new side effect results found that a whopping 75 percent of those who take the highest dose of the injectable version of the as-yet-unbranded drug experienced vomiting. Results for the pill version, which Roche acquired along with injectable CT-388 when it purchased Carmot Therapeutics at the beginning of this year, were similar. Trying to quell investor concerns that saw its stock fall five percent in the wake of the trial results, a Roche representative suggested that the side effects were …

sydney sweeney reveals marvel madame web wig caused vomiting and ‘overheating’ as filming was stopped dakota johnson

sydney sweeney reveals marvel madame web wig caused vomiting and ‘overheating’ as filming was stopped dakota johnson

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney has revealed the on-set wardrobe malfunction that led to a pause in filming on the set of new movie Madame Web. Sweeney stars as Julia Carpenter, one of three women protected by superhero Cassandra Web (Dakota Johnson), in the Marvel film released on Valentine’s Day. However, a problem with her wig derailed filming in Boston, as Sweeney shared that the strawberry-blonde hairpiece led to her overheating and vomiting on one of the hottest days of the year. In an interview with Cosmopolitan UK, the actor talked about the uncomfortable incident. “I had a wig so it was a whole other process. You have to wrap the wig, then glue the wig down, then style the wig. “And that wig was so hot we were filming in Boston in the middle of the summer,” she said. “It was one of the hottest days and we were in …