Oh yeah, I know a lot about amylin. It's a medicine called Byetta which is injectable. It actually promotes weight loss, making you feel full longer. It has something to do with your GLP1 hormone and is a synthetic of gila monster enzymes, (I think, I know it's a big lizard.) They noticed gila monsters only eat like once a year, and wondered why. One problem with diabetes is you never feel full. So people keep eating. This helps people feel full.

Unfortunatley there is a high rate of intolerance that causes nausea and vomiting, but they developed a new med called Bydureon, which you only inject once a week, people seem to do better on that. There's also another med called Victoza which is similar and a competitors product. People really do lose weight on these products, and it makes them feel full so they eat less. However, there's also a risk of pancreatitus so I can't ever take any of them.