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Drugs can't violate the laws of physics. If you eat nothing but a slice of bread daily and you're overweight, you can't not lose weight.
What a drug can do it is influence your brain/cravings/etc. so that you're more/less likely to eat X amount, and that in turn makes you gain/lose weight.
The opposite is also true, such as in the case of GLP-1 inhibitors. But these drugs come with unwanted side effects, and there seems to be a rebound once one stops taking the drug. This discussion already is highly nuanced! So perhaps it's not as simple as counting calories, after all.
Of course, you're right, I edited my comment to reflect that.
Ultimately my point is, drugs can 'influence' you into eating more/less, but they definitely can't prevent you from losing weight while starving yourself.
Generally speaking though, it's very difficult to starve yourself since your body wants to maintain homeostasis. I don't think that's a good way to lose weight, even if it's for the sake of better health.