Looking at it from the addiction angle, it's interesting that it seems to inhibit behaviors related to addictive substances: alcohol, drugs, shopping, food.

We know that carbs in general can be extremely addictive - it's one reason why there are (just as a rough guess based on how many pages of user names there are under each letter of the alphabet) thousands of members on this site, but very few are currently active members: It's incredibly difficult to give up carbs in a world where practically everything in the grocery stores and on restaurant menus is carb-based, especially as those carbs are tweaked, and more highly processed to make them more and more addictive.



One thing I've noticed is that because the drug makes it difficult to digest foods that are more satiating (proteins and fats), most users are still eating mostly carbs. The ones on those drugs who are avoiding most carbs are doing it for reasons other than weight loss (because they can eat anything they want on the drugs, and don't feel the need to eat a LC diet to promote weight loss). But when they bring their diet down to mostly protein, they seem to be having a very difficult time eating more than a very small portion of mostly protein, especially if the protein comes with a decent amount of fat. They're already not hungry most of the time because of the drugs and can really only eat a fairly limited amount of carbs, but doing it significantly lower in carbs results in very low calorie consumption.

But then while off the drugs (or as the weekly shot wears off), they lose all control and want to eat everything in sight... including carbs. In fact carbs seem to be what they crave the most as the shot wears off, so they're desperate for their next "fix". The real question is are they more desperate for the next shot to calm the carb and food in general cravings, or more desperate for the amount of carby food they used to eat?

Is this how it works for other addictions too? Will the alcoholic make up for a week of no alcohol by going on a huge bender when the shot wears off? Will the shopaholic put dozens of things they want but don't need in their Amazon cart and hit "checkout" the day their shot wears off?

In the end, is it better to have 6 days of drug induced control... and one day of unbridled addictive behavior? OR find some other, more reliable way of stemming the addiction for good? Because the drugs are not really helping them kick the carb addiction, just suppressing it temporarily.