I would only try the new drugs if I knew in my heart of hearts I'd made every effort to try to adopt healthy behaviors in eating and exercise to balance CICO and was getting nowhere or if I was at a weight where my life was in jeopardy and my doc recommended them. I'm not anti-meds, but I tend to think of all meds as either a last resort or as a bridge to help you get to a healthy point and hopefully be able to discontinue the meds.

I really haven't researched the glp-1 meds, but I have a family member who was put on them in maybe 2021. She was pre-diabetic and had struggled to lose weight over the years. She has lost 100 pounds and looks and feels great. But she does her part in consistently watching what she eats/drinks. Seeing her success, another family member somehow got access to the drug to help her lose about 15 pounds for a big event. (They've never discussed it with me.) She re-gained the weight pretty quickly following the event.

So, short answer, I think the drugs are likely a God-send for people who truly cannot lose the weight, and I would consider taking them if I'd tried everything else and couldn't lose weights.

I, too, have some concern about jumping onto a medication bandwagon until their safety profile has been well-studied. It's important to weigh (no pun intended) the risk/benefit ratio. I'm not sure the risk profile has been sufficiently sorted-out yet for me to immediately go to meds. I do think it's important to establish a "lifestyle," or at least a diet that one can stick with long-term, because as we've all seen, it's easy to go back to our old-approach to food intake, and when we do, all of those precious loses come back pretty quickly.

I have never even considered them as an option for me!

Starting. Absolutely. The old me would have jumped at a seemingly easy fix. Maybe it wouldn’t be easy. Might not be a fix. Might have nasty side effects. But I wouldn’t have paid much attention to any of that. That’s how I was then.

No I would not, unless diabetes were an issue. I already have somewhat slow gastric emptying, so I would be very reluctant to take medicines that increase this issue. I also wonder what changes take place in the hormonal system after extended use.
But having recognized how much my overeating is due to that voice in my brain saying, "Go on, eat some more, it'll be very enjoyable", I know there is value in the medications.