Yay for more generic meds to treat Type 2 Diabetes!
On the downside, doctors all over Canada are already being inundated by people with eating disorders who’ve been seeing ads for Ozempic/Wegovy/etc for a decade now, but couldn’t justify the expense. To all my fellow 1990s “nothing feels as good as skinny tastes!” extreme dieting survivors - wishing you mental clarity and self care in these crazy days.
In the first 24 hours of generics coming online, Felix Health, a Canadian virtual care platform, had 14 times the number of people requesting a weight-loss visit with a doctor
Eating disorders and substance abuse are already very good buddies, and then there’s the nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and constipation side effects both Ozempic users and extreme dieters are already so familiar with. So many diabetes researchers have given the heads-up about the self-image problems, drug dependency and mental side effects (like depression and suicidal ideation) prediabetes drug treatments seemed to exacerbate. But even in the early 2000s the topic was so dominated by lobbying and hyperbole their concerns couldn’t make a dent.
Today it’s a gazillion times worse. We’ve all seen posts about these drugs get smothered by all those culty ED buzzwords (like “food noise”), evangelical testimonials and thousands of updoots within hours. Then mainstream media reports What People Are Saying along with whatever the latest pharma-funded study says the new wonder drug can do, and it snowballs.
Lately I’ve noticed an uptick in online doctors Creating Content about how Ozempic MIGHT BE a great treatment for all your other addictions and bad thoughts too. Which makes the Ozempic user’s story in the linked cbc article even more chilling imo:
[When she quit taking Ozempic] it was like a tap had been turned on in her head. Suddenly, all her thoughts the drug had suppressed about food and eating came flooding back. “It’s relentless and it’s constant,” said the 50-year-old Powell River, B.C., resident.
yeah my wife saw a bit of this when we changed insurance.
Take note of this:
“Get off your fat McDonald ass and exercise, you lazy fuck”.
That is all.
How about you die in a fire?
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Wow. That’s some hard-core removal, there.
You can’t outrun a bad diet
You don’t lose weight in the gym…you lose weight in the kitchen.
You’ve never worked construction.
You also can’t inject your way out of a bad diet, Ozempic isn’t exactly good for you
You can. That’s why these drugs are so hyped up right now. The problem with these drugs isn’t ineffectiveness. It’s your dependence on these drugs to keep your diet in check and having to deal with its side effects.
Actually, that is exactly what it does, truly remarkable. Essentially it takes no willpower to decline appetizers, dessert, snacks, sides, upsize because I feel complexly full with far less food than I used to eat. Losing weight is a drains willpower and is mentally exhausting, resulting in other problems, but instead there is willpower needed for other things including exercise. Also, hunger pangs are subsided, so no panic to eat something before/while making dinner. People are just talking out of their judgemental ass, which is what people do.
Also, helpful side effect is minimized interest in alcohol, I barely drink anymore and when I do, no particular desire for another. Apparently this is not unusual, but varies.
Look, we only get one life and you’re allowed to do whatever you want with it. If you think you need to hijack the reward center of your brain in order to lose weight, that’s entirely your choice. The risks may just be outweighed by the rewards, I’m sure the rewards are much more substantial the higher your weight is.
That being said, I will always be skeptical of ‘wonder drugs’. If I’ve learned anything in life is that if it sounds too good to be true, it is.
I wonder if ozempic could help alcoholics.
Dumbass “advice”, note taken.
