dude3d ago

The Risk Too Many People Are Taking With Ozempic

https://lemmings.world/post/43114687

The Risk Too Many People Are Taking With Ozempic - Lemmings.world

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Show threadAlk3d ago
This article boils down to “be careful, you might get a tummy ache” and ignores the fact that glp1 is saving millions of lives from heart disease, stroke, and other obesity-related issues.
Show threadtheunknownmuncher3d ago
Did you read the article? It is warning about over-prescribing to people who are not at risk of heart disease, stroke, and other obesity-related issues.
Show threadAlk3d ago
I think it’s well understood that people who produce glp1 correctly can still be obese and need weight loss and these drugs help with that. That’s the whole point of the drug. To provide more glp1 than is needed to lose weight easily.
Show threadtheunknownmuncher3d ago

these drugs help with that

or they cause gastrointestinal conditions in these people, resulting in the weight loss (and malnutrition) that is a symptom of the new condition rather than the drug itself.

Show threadAlk3d ago
The entire point of glp1 is to prescribe when dieting isn’t effective.
Show threadlIlIlIlIlIlIl3d ago

Dieting is literally effective 100% of the time, thanks to Newton and his second law and all that.

Sticking to it is another thing entirely - but let’s not pretend words don’t have meaning anymore

Show threadChexMax3d ago
Studies show dieting doesn’t work for most of the population. Studies have shown this for the last 60 years. Sure, it works in a vacuum, but that’s not where real people live.
Show threadBrilliantantTurd4361
People are lazy. That’s it. CICO works by definition.
Mar 22 at 7:27pmWeb
Show threadAlk3d ago
Right, you are correct. Now how do we get people to actually follow diets and eat less? How do we save the billions of people who are overweight? Because clearly telling them “stop being so lazy and eat less or exercise more” hasn’t been working for decades.