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EdmondDantes_

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42. Compassionate use exemptions are typically for serious or life threatening illnesses

Wed Jun 24, 2026, 05:34 PM

4 hrs ago

But I don't believe they have to be.

It's unusual for a drug for a common condition like obesity to get an exception for a drug still in the trial phase. It was requested by a NIH doctor for a patient who was the same age as Trump and "with refractory obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, and pulmonary hypertension, which is high blood pressure in the lungs."

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/06/trump-may-be-mystery-patient-in-odd-case-of-79yo-getting-experimental-obesity-drug/

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Rep Ted Lieu on the new drug Trump is allegedly getting: [View all] Kingofalldems 8 hrs ago OP

I saw terminal illness malaise 8 hrs ago #1

And the whole world smiled with you. 😃 Dave Bowman 7 hrs ago #15

See how fast he showed up to lunch malaise 7 hrs ago #17

Yeah, a cautious smile here. HappyH 6 hrs ago #30

Life is a terminal disease. SergeStorms 6 hrs ago #35

Of course you are right HappyH 5 hrs ago #38

"Or is it TACO Wednesday?" Pinback 8 hrs ago #2

Whopper Wednesday was already taken (by Burger King) Swede 8 hrs ago #4

Ha! Pinback 7 hrs ago #16

Every day is Whopper Day with The Felon...... lastlib 7 hrs ago #19

You just don't go to the mic and say that without there being some there there. aeromanKC 8 hrs ago #3

Compassionate use exemptions are typically for serious or life threatening illnesses EdmondDantes_ 4 hrs ago #42

How was it known in the first place that a VIP 79 yo Disaffected 8 hrs ago #5

Last night I saw what appeared to be an official form. Kingofalldems 7 hrs ago #9

OK but how did it become public? Disaffected 7 hrs ago #11

Leaked most likely. Kingofalldems 7 hrs ago #14

He's Manatee 7 hrs ago #6

79 when drug was reportedly administered Torchlight 7 hrs ago #7

Hmm. Interesting. Kingofalldems 7 hrs ago #12

Yes but the form was before the birthday n/t malaise 7 hrs ago #18

when it was prescribed barbtries 7 hrs ago #20

Retatrutide Manatee 7 hrs ago #8

A GLP-1 weight-loss drug is not exactly a "terminal illness" drug. tinrobot 6 hrs ago #22

Yeah Manatee 6 hrs ago #23

It shows Torchlight 6 hrs ago #31

can you even imagine his "ozempic face" Skittles 6 hrs ago #37

Seriously, Lieu is not one to just spitball senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #10

There was a weird FDA exception for the drug tinrobot 6 hrs ago #26

Yeah I heard about that. senseandsensibility 6 hrs ago #32

Don't tease me! Botany 7 hrs ago #13

Or me!!! calimary 7 hrs ago #21

Because you are a thinking human being. Botany 6 hrs ago #24

Given that he has often called for the execution of people he doesn't like, I don't think we need... 3catwoman3 6 hrs ago #25

I don't think it would be bad Karma at all. Bumbles 6 hrs ago #27

I don't want him to die MadameButterfly 6 hrs ago #36

maybelline couchhumper and thiel are already running things. krasnov is far niyad 5 hrs ago #41

JD supports the stuff Trump is doing MadameButterfly 3 hrs ago #43

All I can say is that IF Trump got this special weight loss medication... Marie Marie 6 hrs ago #28

What if we take up a collection buzzycrumbhunger 6 hrs ago #33

If trump is the patient, then also he has refractory obesity with obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #29

Donesn't seems to slow down his feeding his face with crap. Historic NY 5 hrs ago #39

That would require discipline MadameButterfly 3 hrs ago #44

I am on Mounjaro and after my weekly shot, I have no or little appetite for a couple of days LetMyPeopleVote 3 hrs ago #45

Appetite is different than eating as a substitute for other needs chowmama 46 min ago #46

Trump applied to be a test subject for a new weight loss drug? sop 6 hrs ago #34

He's not signing because he's holding Figarosmom 5 hrs ago #40