re: Trust the science? Ozempic issues

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Either way, the result will be less fat people, which is a net positive

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I assume no one you love is overweight? Either that or you are just an a-hole with a destination to Hell?

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Wasn’t there a study that found it can negatively affect brain tissue as well?

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Not sure how we would know. Under this administration, pharma transparency seems to be optional.

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However, in both cases, going to the gym and lifting can stop almost all of this loss. So if a person is on Ozempic, just hitting the gym a few times per week will mitigate it.

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Had they gone to the gym, they might have avoided being a blimp. Why would they start the gym now? They choose the easy way and take injections or whatever.

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Once you start it’s supposed to be for life

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Not from what I've read.

Now some people may need it for life, but how I've seen it described is a great way to get a 90-180 day head start

Reading the thread it is obvious to me that the Covid lesson is so ingrained that it will be applied to every new drug.

My personal opinion is that all diets with obese people result in muscle loss unless a person really spends time in the gym and eating protein which isn’t a lot of people. And that insulin diabetics already die a decade and a half earlier than normal life spans. So obesity itself is a far worse option that side effects from Ozempic.

As for Ozempic etc, the gastric issues are severely underreported imho. I base that solely on my conversations with a gastroenterologist buddy and various nurses.

No doubt. People keep the fact that they shite their pants to themselves out of embarrassment

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Ozempic slows down the digestive process, which makes you feel full longer and not have an appetite.

I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that it’s more than likely bad for you.

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I'm betting long-term use will frick up your digestive system

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I'm betting long-term use will frick up your digestive system

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We have that data and that has not occurred.

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Don’t play dumb. Wide scale mass use beyond the most extreme diabetics? This is very new

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Even that aspect isn’t exactly new. For years, nurses were stealing the samples of Ozempic that we got in clinic from the reps. That wasn’t the same scale, but it’s been a popular weight loss medication since at least 2019.

What we can say is that generally the formulation is well-tolerated and better than drugs like Saxenda because it is once-a-week with a relatively stringent dosing pattern. You’ll have some degree of reactions for any medication, but given its adoption by the general public, the medication is relatively benign.

One possible reason for that is that the Americans who are most likely to use the medication already have some preexisting metabolic abnormalities due to being overweight but not obese or diabetic. Adding some degree of glycemic control for those patients with the added benefit of causing weight loss is going to be a net benefit unless there is some brand new side effect which is both serious and has yet to be documented.

We are entering the fifth year of you being angry. Congrats, you’ve been a bitch for half a decade.