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29. If trump is the patient, then also he has refractory obesity with obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 03:51 PM
Jun 24

An unnamed 79-year-old man was reportedly granted special access to the drug retatrutide through a “compassionate use” program.

White House denies Trump applied for ‘compassionate use’ for weight loss drug.

An unnamed 79-year-old man was reportedly granted special access to the drug retatrutide through a “compassionate use” program.

www.ms.now/news/white-h...

TheBlackPage (Woke, DEI forever against fascism) (@theblackpage.bsky.social) 2026-06-23T23:21:33.054Z

https://www.ms.now/news/white-house-trump-weight-loss-drug

The White House on Tuesday denied that President Donald Trump applied for access to an experimental obesity drug not yet on the market after Stat News reported that a 79-year-old man was approved to take it.

The health and science news outlet Stat News reported that the Food and Drug Administration and drug manufacturer Eli Lilly allowed one person — a 79-year-old man — special access to the drug retatrutide through a “compassionate use” program, citing three sources familiar with the matter. Those sources, Stat News reported, requested anonymity due to fear of reprisals.

According to the FDA, compassionate use is a “pathway for a patient with a serious or immediately life-threatening disease or condition to gain access to an investigational medical product (drug, biologic, or medical device) for treatment outside of clinical trials when no comparable or satisfactory alternative therapy options are available.”....

But on Tuesday, hours after the Stat News report was published, White House spokesman Kush Desai said on X that the “application was not for the President.” He went on to publicly bash the report’s author, Lizzy Lawrence, accusing her of being an “unserious gossip columnist.”

Lawrence responded on X that she had asked Desai, the FDA and HHS “multiple times” on Monday whether the application was for Trump. “No one answered my question directly,” she wrote. Desai called the report “baseless speculation” in a follow-up post.

The patient who received this drug "suffered from refractory obesity with obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension."
National Institutes of Health Senior Clinician Ranganath Muniyappa requested the drug to treat the patient, who suffered from refractory obesity with obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension, Stat News reported. Muniyappa, who did not respond to the outlet’s request for comment, reportedly recommended against bariatric surgery because of the patient’s age and medical conditions.

The patient also took tirzepatide, an FDA-approved obesity drug by Lilly, for one year, “but experienced only moderate weight loss,” Stat News reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.

trump has not lost any significant weight over the last year and so that does NOT rule trump out. I have obstructive sleep apnea and have been using a CPAP for a very long time. I seriously doubt that trump is capable of using a CPAP machine correctly and consistently which could account for trump's strange hours and trump falling asleep in meetings.

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I saw terminal illness malaise Jun 24 #1
And the whole world smiled with you. 😃 Dave Bowman Jun 24 #15
See how fast he showed up to lunch malaise Jun 24 #17
Yeah, a cautious smile here. HappyH Jun 24 #30
Life is a terminal disease. SergeStorms Jun 24 #35
Of course you are right HappyH Jun 24 #38
I'm 77 myself. SergeStorms Jun 24 #47
"Or is it TACO Wednesday?" Pinback Jun 24 #2
Whopper Wednesday was already taken (by Burger King) Swede Jun 24 #4
Ha! Pinback Jun 24 #16
Every day is Whopper Day with The Felon...... lastlib Jun 24 #19
I'd take Thrombosis Thursday Blue Owl Jun 25 #48
You just don't go to the mic and say that without there being some there there. aeromanKC Jun 24 #3
Compassionate use exemptions are typically for serious or life threatening illnesses EdmondDantes_ Jun 24 #42
How was it known in the first place that a VIP 79 yo Disaffected Jun 24 #5
Last night I saw what appeared to be an official form. Kingofalldems Jun 24 #9
OK but how did it become public? Disaffected Jun 24 #11
Leaked most likely. Kingofalldems Jun 24 #14
He's Manatee Jun 24 #6
79 when drug was reportedly administered Torchlight Jun 24 #7
Hmm. Interesting. Kingofalldems Jun 24 #12
Yes but the form was before the birthday n/t malaise Jun 24 #18
when it was prescribed barbtries Jun 24 #20
Retatrutide Manatee Jun 24 #8
A GLP-1 weight-loss drug is not exactly a "terminal illness" drug. tinrobot Jun 24 #22
Yeah Manatee Jun 24 #23
It shows Torchlight Jun 24 #31
can you even imagine his "ozempic face" Skittles Jun 24 #37
LoL PuraVidaDreamin Jun 25 #49
Is that confirmed? (Edit - yes) Ruby the Liberal Jun 25 #50
Seriously, Lieu is not one to just spitball senseandsensibility Jun 24 #10
There was a weird FDA exception for the drug tinrobot Jun 24 #26
Yeah I heard about that. senseandsensibility Jun 24 #32
Don't tease me! Botany Jun 24 #13
Or me!!! calimary Jun 24 #21
Because you are a thinking human being. Botany Jun 24 #24
Given that he has often called for the execution of people he doesn't like, I don't think we need... 3catwoman3 Jun 24 #25
I don't think it would be bad Karma at all. Bumbles Jun 24 #27
I don't want him to die MadameButterfly Jun 24 #36
maybelline couchhumper and thiel are already running things. krasnov is far niyad Jun 24 #41
JD supports the stuff Trump is doing MadameButterfly Jun 24 #43
All I can say is that IF Trump got this special weight loss medication... Marie Marie Jun 24 #28
What if we take up a collection buzzycrumbhunger Jun 24 #33
If trump is the patient, then also he has refractory obesity with obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension LetMyPeopleVote Jun 24 #29
Donesn't seems to slow down his feeding his face with crap. Historic NY Jun 24 #39
That would require discipline MadameButterfly Jun 24 #44
I am on Mounjaro and after my weekly shot, I have no or little appetite for a couple of days LetMyPeopleVote Jun 24 #45
Appetite is different than eating as a substitute for other needs chowmama Jun 24 #46
Trump applied to be a test subject for a new weight loss drug? sop Jun 24 #34
He's not signing because he's holding Figarosmom Jun 24 #40
MS NOW-Sen. Maggie Hassan questions Trump administration over mystery weight loss drug patient LetMyPeopleVote Jun 25 #51
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