Ozempic is supposed to help with diabetes and a side effect is appetite suppression. My mom has been on the generic version for awhile for the intended use, but Ozempic is the only one that is approved for the off label weight loss use.
Which is the reason they applied for it after their patent ran out and generics were able to come in and undercut them. They need (want) the money and shit's expensive.
I have an elderly family member who is on ozempic. It has been a game changer for her. But she’s what I call a type 1.5 diabetic - theoretically, she can control her diabetes with diet and exercise, but the genetic component is pretty severe. Plus she’s, you know, fucking 80 years old.
In her case, the drug makes perfect sense. Millions of people taking it on lieu of needed lifestyle changes does not make sense. It’s the usual case of a useful, helpful medication being recklessly expanded to 20x as many people in the name of massive profits.
The thing is that Ozempic still requires lifestyle changes to help you lose weight. People who take it and don't change how they eat have been getting sick and blaming the drug. It literally says that you have to eat less because of that side effect when you're on it.
It suppresses your appetite. If you’re eating for reasons other than appetite - like coping or dopamine - then it doesn’t “stop” that. Turns out most fat people are not fat because they’re “hungry”.
Ozempic lowers your weight while increasing the number of fat cells you have. You end up with more, smaller fat cells.
Which presumably will be screaming "feed me Seymour" whenever you stop taking it, because that's what fat cells do. Fat cells that lose fat tell the body "hey, running out fat here!".
Cannibalism about to skyrocket as people not able to afford more Ozempic eat the first thing they see.
Ozempic is supposed to help with diabetes and a side effect is appetite suppression. My mom has been on the generic version for awhile for the intended use, but Ozempic is the only one that is approved for the off label weight loss use.
Which is the reason they applied for it after their patent ran out and generics were able to come in and undercut them. They need (want) the money and shit's expensive.
I have an elderly family member who is on ozempic. It has been a game changer for her. But she’s what I call a type 1.5 diabetic - theoretically, she can control her diabetes with diet and exercise, but the genetic component is pretty severe. Plus she’s, you know, fucking 80 years old.
In her case, the drug makes perfect sense. Millions of people taking it on lieu of needed lifestyle changes does not make sense. It’s the usual case of a useful, helpful medication being recklessly expanded to 20x as many people in the name of massive profits.
The thing is that Ozempic still requires lifestyle changes to help you lose weight. People who take it and don't change how they eat have been getting sick and blaming the drug. It literally says that you have to eat less because of that side effect when you're on it.
It suppresses your appetite. If you’re eating for reasons other than appetite - like coping or dopamine - then it doesn’t “stop” that. Turns out most fat people are not fat because they’re “hungry”.
Ozempic lowers your weight while increasing the number of fat cells you have. You end up with more, smaller fat cells.
Which presumably will be screaming "feed me Seymour" whenever you stop taking it, because that's what fat cells do. Fat cells that lose fat tell the body "hey, running out fat here!".
Cannibalism about to skyrocket as people not able to afford more Ozempic eat the first thing they see.
Given the original ideal of "over-consumerism" that zombies often get attributed to, this still seems very fitting. At least they'll be slow zombies.
Well the fat people would probably be faster, they wouldn't have a respiratory system to slow then down, no pain to slow them down.
Ozempic is for diabetes.
Wegovy is for weight loss.
Wegovy has 2.5x the dose of Ozempic.