STAT: 79-year-old given special access to Eli Lilly obesity drug

Mr. Skeets507

C’monnnnn, previously unknown side effects

Douglas Natelson392

Anyone want to bet that there will be another story about special access to unapproved Alzheimer’s treatments?

Laminariales115

Not that Trump would have to follow any rules in our stupid lawless John Roberts country, but sleep apnea is one of the conditions treated by retatruide/GLP-3, and Trump certainly seems like he has it.

Our Lady of Perpetual Disappointment88

Compassionate use when there are other effective weight-loss drugs available? What else does it do?

Gutt “EPSTEIN” Levy86

Everybody buy a lottery ticket, here’s the first time “Trump” and “compassionate” have ever appeared in the same story

Mary Kate Killilea80

I support every experimental drug be tested by the President first.

Wesley55

Could the "serious and immediately life-threatening medical issue" (legal requirement) be, by chance, an aortic aneurysm?

𝘚𝘒𝘐𝘗 𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘙𝘖47

The White House physician confirmed in writing that Trump is 6’3” and 238 lbs which is 0.25 below the BMI of 30 for obesity. The physician’s report suggests Trump’s BMI is 29.75. Everything about this administration is either fake or criminal, or both.

Dirk Straun40

By chance are side effects bruised hands & swollen ankles?

Kristen Simplicio37

There is ongoing research into whether GLP1s can prevent Alzheimer’s. Just saying.

Wes Allen36

Trump talks constantly about "his friend" who is taking "the fat drug".

bewareofthephog.bsky.social20

I don’t think it’s working.

POWERFUL CRAB FART🦀20

Congrats to our very special, very dying president

Veronica R. MSW, LICSW19

Well if he's taking it, it's not working.

PolittleCat 🐸16

"Compassionate use is “usually reserved for terminal illness,” said Ard, who has consulted with drug companies, including Lilly. ...Angela Fitch, chief medical officer of the obesity clinic knownwell, also said she’d never heard of Lilly offering its obesity drugs early via compassionate use."

lurkerbluesky.bsky.social16

Hilarious...he got Regeneron and now this drug first...but hey vaccines don't work.... What a complete joke...more corruption

D Gulley 💙🇺🇸🇺🇦16

Seriously why can’t all over age of 65 or covered by Medicare be considered for compassionate use? Medicare does not cover any treatment for weight loss. ZERO! All the hype of lowering cost doesn’t help if your insurance doesn’t cover the treatment. People on fixed income can’t afford $100+\mo.

Apparently, a major side effect is that the gastrointestinal side effects disappear when nearby decorative objects are painted gold.

casssax.bsky.social12

Is it injected in the back of the hand?🤚

Beth Waldron10

Clear misuse of compassionate use which is meant to allow critically ill patients with no other viable approved alternatives access to life saving treatments outside clinical trials. It sets a dangerous precedent whereby powerful, connected patients can bypass the process.

SoCal Sean9

His blatant corruption is so exhausting.

erinsheehyhunt.bsky.social9

Hmmm..would that 79-year-old man now be an 80-year-old man??

JudithFlanders9

OMG: look at the URL: www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...

Anonymous Canadian 🇨🇦8

What, it’s not just sauerkraut? They told everyone they were just eating a lot of sauerkraut.

sassiesmom.bsky.social8

Side effects include sleeping in meetings more than usual

Special K8

What is the president’s "serious or immediately life-threatening disease or condition,” which is the only available reason for compassionate use according to the FDA?

klynnc.bsky.social6

It doesn't appear to be working.

Shoe6

He mentioned Eli Lily today in his speech as well as a slob businessman he knows who takes the fat drug.

Scotty Taylor6

Trump talking about GLP-1s in April at an EO signing for mental health. Dude’s brain is leakier than a sieve, so I’m gonna guess GLP-1s were on his mind bsky.app/profile/atru...

Anthony Citrano5

Wow 👀 - I hope STAT has great web infra because this story is probably going to get the Drudge/Reddit “hug of death”. What a scoop. (Yes, I realize we don’t know who it was, but the totality of the circumstances does make it seem likely.)

Art Martin5

Side effects: May cause you to think that the color green is actually "American Blue"

marty2025.bsky.social5

Doesn't he have congestive heart failure or some such thing? Reta has some pretty well documented cardiac effects, including increased HR and arrythmia. That'd be a high risk RX for him

You were expecting someone else?4

I for one approve of Trump taking experimental drugs, in fact, he should take more experimental drugs. He should combine them with other drugs and tell us about the effects they have.

PolittleCat 🐸4

"Drugmakers are required to publicly announce the existence of a compassionate use program. They will often do so by issuing press releases or posting descriptions on their website. "

Connor Lynch4

so seems like pulmonary hypertension driven by sleep apnea. I wonder if JD is keeping watch over him at night

🦊 🩵🐦‍⬛ Fox & Crow, for Bartleby Endeavors 🎥4

To the world’s biggest compassionate man, known worldwide for his compassion, goes a compassionate use exemption for a drug pending approval.

L4

Boy that name is a minefield if you try to say it fast, can't wait for Trump to start fielding questions about it.

moosky4

The Special Sauce Must Flow

jim0novak.bsky.social4

Once again: HIPAA should be amended to require complete and timely public disclosure of all medical information about presidents.

Harper3

I don’t think I’ve ever laughed at a STAT headline before.

murphysgirl.bsky.social3

The FDA's "compassionate use" program was requested by an NIH clinician for the patient's refractory obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, and pulmonary HTN. The exceptional nature of the approval sparked speculation, but the WH has officially denied that the patient was President Donald Trump. Uh, huh.

Jeanette Harrison3

Wonder if he has diabetes in addition to his vascular disease?

Tmac3

Are we assuming it's crump? If it is, when is he supposed to start losing this weight? Tried to read but paywall...

spartychemist.bsky.social3

as someone who works in clin supply and trials these requests are common. What is not cool is trying to identify the patient even if it may be president

LymeScience3

Don’t existing GLP-1s work pretty well already?

dougstevelass.bsky.social3

I certainly hope this has a very negative side effect for that particular user (a positive effect for the rest of us)

Suzanne🗽🕊️⚖️ 🇺🇸🇺🇦✍🏻🎵🎶⚾️🏴‍☠️🟧♊️2

"compassionate use access ... to a 79-year-old-man"

vadaga.bsky.social2

That may explain his hair yesterday

yorkdukeyork.bsky.social2

*fingers crossed for side effects*

K. Moore 🦋📚🎼2

Cleared for compassionate use by the FDA, Trump’s cronies are in charge, an easy approval.

juanrive 🇺🇦2

Is this one of the questions to go through the strait ?

Sharon Fisher2

It doesn't seem to be working.

CanerdianGirl2

Why wouldn’t he just take one of the already on the market GLPs? Also: at this point, the man is on so many pharmaceuticals he’s pickled.

William Fry 🏳️‍🌈🔵🐸2

Golly, I'm fresh out of ideas. Guess we'll never know...

Brian Standard, PharmD2

That is a very interesting application of compassionate use… would trizepatide not have done exactly the same thing here?

Jumulo Jimbus2

If it is the Pres one wonders if this is an attempt to limit impulsive and erratic behavior.

Randy-B-lusky2

Is one of the myriad of side effects accelerating existing dementia? If so we have our confirmation because grandpa has gone 'round the bend and he ain't coming back.

Alfalphamale2

A paywall blocks it, But I'm guessing Trump

dianecheyanne.bsky.social2

The guy who name called Chris Christie fat is in fact fat himself.

Tracy G2

Is it being given intravenously, by any chance?

You have to be realistic about these things.2

I don't understand. At 6'3", 238 lbs. Trump isn't obese. Why would he need an anti-obesity drug?

Ari is logged out mentally for good2

Ok but, not everyone is a medical professional so paywalling this feels crazy?

VHS: raided by your favorite streamers2

Oh is that why he’s been talking about his pet genius rat and doing equations all of a sudden? Well not to spoil anything but all this may solve itself in a couple days

[The Great War & Modern Memory]2

Ah, that 79-year old guy turned 80 on June 14th...*that* guy.

baja-hacker.bsky.social2

I would have figured raw milk, tanning his balls, ivermectin and swimming in raw sewage would have been enough . . .

so-what-who-cares.bsky.social45

Do the adverse side effects include rambling nonsense, operating outside of norms, inability to walk straight lines? Just curious…

jerbrad288238

Hey heart disease, blood pressure and obstructive sleep apnea -- you have one job! C'mon!

thecosmokramer.bsky.social15

If it is Trump, I wonder if he has long COVID, which can cause pulmonary hypertension as well as cardiovascular issues.

Holli Winters12

Could be why he has 22 doctors examing him. He could have heard about it and thought it would make him look younger and live longer. It isn't working from what I've seen of him lately. Most weight loss requires a change in your diet too.

Omney (They/Them)🌈🏳️‍⚧️11

I did notice in around april-may that it seemed like he had lost weight, you could especially see it in his face. But now he's back to " normal" so I guess the drug didn't work well enough or there were many side effects.

Mark G10

Be still my heart. Note to Secret Service, I said MY heart, not his.

Soulshine076317

I can personally attest to the fact that about half the people with obstructive sleep apnea develop diabetes. Factoring in his obesity and congestive heart failure makes the A1c results reported in that most recent doctors visit as believable as he weights 215 lbs. and is 6'3".

traciew.bsky.social6

Always special, never to blame.

BonaireVolt6

Obese? I thought he was in the "best shape of any president" and he was 6' 3" and 225 lbs. Or was that kg?

Melina5

I believe that this is what is called in the Peptide world, Reta. It is supposedly miraculous and Im sure Trump can get it. Look it up on Reddit, which is where all the interesting peptide stuff is going on. Im sure he has a stack as does RFK Jr. I can send you my notes if you want a dive.

Warfare_Class4

But HIPAA bla, bla. We will never know.

Dorri4

If he started in April, wouldn’t there be visible evidence?

acabdriver4

Sources close to the president denying that he's a "fat motherfucker"

Sarah and her cats3

But he didn’t lose any weight.

johniwaniszek.bsky.social3

Did you happen to notice when the compassionate use was authorized? I am not a subscriber. Thanks

A. J. Bruner 🦋3

'the fat shot' 'the fat drug' 'Anybody here on the fat drug? They've got a pill now. A fat pill. I know a lot of people that should be on it.' Dig around online for that press conference "speech" where HE rambled on about the "fat drug", but I'm not going to give the baby attention by sharing it.

Liverpool Puddlaroni (RIP)3

John Barron appears to have been the fat slob from May www.yahoo.com/news/article...

mommak.bsky.social3

Honestly, I don’t mind the president getting treatment if he needs it, even treatment others can’t get (ie, Covid treatment from Regeneron), but these are serious health issues about which the public should be told.

niemandbesonders.bsky.social3

If Trump is this patient: 1. It doesn't seem to have worked on him. 2. He's in much worse health than I previously thought--and I never thought he was healthy. He looks like someone with untreated sleep apnea but pulmonary hypertension was not on my list of elevator diagnoses.

jerbrad28822

"ADHD is a highly prevalent condition in the severely obese population. Treatment of ADHD is associated with significant long-term weight loss in individuals with a lengthy history of weight loss...ADHD should be considered as a primary cause of weight loss failure in the obese."

David Crook2

Also the very special geriatric boy seems inclined to abuse “compassionate use” exceptions

Elliskatz2

Makes me think about the recent video of him from the Knicks game where he was scarfing down fries and pizza!

Wayne Gauthier🇨🇦🇰🇷2

Anything to keep Filet-O-Fish in the White House meal rotation.

Holly OutnAbout13

Lol-if true, what a horrible roll out to Eli Lilly’s “great” drug. Does absolutely nothing but harm.

Harry 🥥🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇮🇪13

If he's been taking it since April I think we can assume it doesn't work and they should suspend the trial...

Ibanut5610

Last year, he said he started on "those shots that slim a person down."

kstrand.bsky.social9

He also got the Covid-19 monoclonal antibody treatment after he was infected. It also wasn't approved. Rumors are that treatment saved his life. Yet, they keep cutting funding for research of all kinds. Stupid is as stupid does.

marv88-88.bsky.social8

I wonder what he's really taking daily to keep him going but he's been sleeping in cabinet meetings lately. And nobody's saying anything acting like he's normal. This place is insanity driven hell. Evidence does not matter to these people they will still spread their lies.

maj0rmattmas0n.bsky.social8

Ergo, it’s twue, it’s twue!

Richie Newport6

If anything, he seems fatter than ever. Maybe he sold it to his fans because it doesn’t appear that he used any of it himself.

4gabriel.bsky.social5

Sounds like FOIA time for the drug companies

Al Stewart5

yeah, I'm sure that will work

misbruiker.bsky.social5

What he has, isn't treatable with any, currently known drug.

corruption47.bsky.social5

And yet that unnamed but knowable 79 year old is still obese...and actually gained weight since his last physical

Ain’t Complicit 🇺🇸5

Is it for his Cankle weight?

notrumpnoway.bsky.social5

But he is still fat 🤮

DD Coutts5

If it was given to him, we can be assured that it doesn’t work.

Lamprey20204

If you want to get rid of 10 pounds of useless fat, just guillotine the twat.

Retiredlawyer4

Has the fda ever given EXCLUSIVE access to anybody??

Jennifer Keith4

Why bother? He’s dead soon anyway.

Judy4

oh ok, we'll believe that

figmo3

Well, apparently it hasn't worked very well because he's still fat.

Gold Country Rich3

Maybe FatBoy should lay off the "hamberders"....?

Schrodinger's Leftist (he/they)3

Didn't stop the strokes now, did it?

Jack Sprat3

It sure hasn't helped the fat fuck.

Galen Colwell3

Really? They need to give said man a second even stronger dose. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

meatloaf social3

why does he always look like he’s in the middle of roughing out a shit that’s drier than the sahara.

austrich2

how is diddler don still so fat?

tigerlilycarol.bsky.social2

It seems to be having the opposite effect

123456-20.bsky.social2

Looks like he needs more.

Waldo2

Which drug? So I can avoid it, because it obviously didn't work.

nichrome77.bsky.social2

Of course it was him. What other 79-year-old could command that kind of response from a pharmaceutical company? None of us normal people. The same son of a bitch got a monoclonal antibody to save his ass from Covid after he persuaded so many people to not do the things that would’ve saved them.

WookieeTaint2

"Can you make me as hot as the fake paintings of me?"

Minnesota Girl19

Coincidental side note: In seeking FDA approval, Eli Lilly calls this clinical trial series evaluating retatrutide their “TRiUMPh” program…flattery gets you everywhere with the 🐷OTUS

The Subsequent Mrs. de Winter13

He's not a very good advertisement for the drug!

Luckiiyu🍀🍀🍀12

It’s a shame, using it on someone that has no hope for survival, he eats nothing but fast food..and he’s a dementia patient with heart and kidney issues..🙄

‪@brendaoconnell2.bsky.social‬12

and insane. Here he is this afternoon. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Gina9

🙈🙊🙉 He’s convinced his moronic followers that vaccines are evil but he’s down to taking experimental drugs idiocy on display

Not Ellen 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱9

Totally rejected by the patient because he completely lacks compassion

Brutal Realist8

He’s the same one who got compassionate use for a Covid drug when he got Covid too. He’s got a history.

Moods of Florence7

There's zero compassionate gene in his fvking body. Shame on Eli Lilly 🤬

Barefoot Contestor6

Not exactly a stellar endorsement there, Lilly

Carla6

Well, it's not working if he was the recipient.

RoxSheep6

Not a good ad for Eli Lilly. He’s still a fat orange blob.

Strandschaf6

At least we now know that administering this drug causes an acceleration in already very low cognitive and reasoning capabilities like none no-one has ever seen. Oh, and sleepiness

Al Stewart5

yeah, as if he has any self control whatsoever

Debra Lee5

Without an absolute no on their part, I assume it was him.

beckys1313.bsky.social3

He’s 79 let him meet as many hamburgers as he wants he should be dead by now anyhow, the shit he eats

MaryB3

I don't think it was him. He hasn't lost any weight. Still as round as ever.

Jennifer Juniper3

Any info about the side-effects?

I Got Popcorn2

In April? Well, pull their FDA approval cause that shit doesn't WORK

sueryanmn.bsky.social2

I thought the article referenced the recipient possibly having pulmonary hypertension. If so, it could be a short trial...

Bonnie Schwertner2

Oh, Lordy, what will his face look like if he loses about 40 lbs.?

Jeffrey Winfield 💙 🌈 🫂 🫘 🏳️‍🌈2

🚨 Trump may have received early access to Retatrutide, the potent experimental weight-loss drug from Eli Lilly. A certain unknown 79-year-old got their hands on the powerful GLP-1, Retatrutide, which has not been FDA-approved. 🤯 🫪 @motherjones.com

Missing the real RHONY2

Oh so we know who it is.

rimidar 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️19

There’s something truly fascinating about how hard he projects all his worst qualities so openly, like is he doing a bit or is he just that narcissistic?

❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆12

implicitly boasting that he has pulmonary hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea

Lazear11

That first diatribe is so telling that it hasnt worked the way he wanted it to.

Tim Moyle6

I’m still trying to square the argument that vaccines are dangerously experimental but the experimental weight drug is good

Hamiltwan3

The tell is "a friend of mine," because Trump only has one friend, and it is Donald Trump.

mrsomerton2

people ask me all the time, “President Trump, you’re such a beautiful guy, how did you lose all this weight?” well, I took this drug, it’s a very good drug I’m on. Turbo Gulp, they call it, Turbo Gulp. it takes the fat on your body, makes it go poof. maybe Rosie O’ Donnell could use some of that….

joyeux noel2

i hope he gets every side effect

Special K3

I would ask what the president’s "serious or immediately life-threatening disease or condition" is, which is the only available reason for compassionate use according to the FDA.

Say The Thing Tee6

The denial could be true, it could be a lie. Unfortunately lying is no problem for this admin. “That post…does not specify which conditions its drug is meant to treat.” Here's how that drug could potentially interact with prostate cancer, for example –

 Earlier thread: bsky.app/profile/sayt...

Just an Old Man 🇨🇦2

I doubt it was tRump. If anything it would have been a laxative. It's not fat, he's full of shit.

Señor Sabelotodo4

A person who Is now 80

hand_to_eye2

But Trump and his doctors tell us he's in peak condition. The best condition that anyone has been in the history of humanity.

Coily Sees All3

shhhhh it's a big secret nobody is allowed to know but also TRANSPARENCY THE BIGGEST MOST AMAZING BEAUTIFUL TRANSPARENCY but also shhhhhhhhhh don't leak or you'll be prosecuted shhhhhhh

Blake2

Is there a reason the orange menace can't just take an existing GLP-1 product?