It gives me a lot of confidence that the creators of this drug were thinking: WTF? people are actually willing to put this in their body instead of not stuffing their fat, ugly faces?
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”.
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It gives me a lot of confidence that the creators of this drug were thinking: WTF? people are actually willing to put this in their body instead of not stuffing their fat, ugly faces?
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”.