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Some patients want to take a holiday pause on diabetes or weight-loss drugs. Here’s what doctors say they need to know

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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Around the holidays, when many people are baking cookies for Santa, enjoying cocktail parties or having festive family feasts, some adults who use popular medications for diabetes or weight loss explore skipping doses for a week or two. These medications can suppress appetite or sometimes cause uncomfortable side effects that some people might want to avoid during the holiday season. And according to some doctor…

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