Some patients want to take a holiday pause on diabetes or weight-loss drugs. Here’s what doctors say [Video]

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.Related video above: Studies show popular weight loss drugs can benefit heart disease patientsThese medications can suppress appetite or sometimes cause uncomfortable side effects that some people might want to avoid during the holiday season. According to some doctors, some of their patients have said they want to fully delight in their favorite foods or just save some money during a season of high spending.”People are bound to wonder about doing this,” said Dr. Judith Korner, professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York.”Sometimes they think about it if they’re going on a cruise or a vacation,” she said. “I have patients …