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would you inject yourself with a diabetes medication to lose weight?

posted 2 years ago by [deleted]
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This is the latest thing in the US. Ozempic is a drug used to treat diabetes but it also is effective for weight loss. So there is now a shortage of the drug

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/people-diabetes-struggle-find-ozempic-soars-popularity-weight-loss-aid-rcna64916

[–] PaladinNJ (21772) 2 years ago

My wife has been without it for three weeks now due to the shortage.

[–] samoanjoes (58580) 2 years ago

Now she knows who to blame.

[–] Kowalski (79077) 2 years ago

GREEDY FATTIES!

[–] ClementinaSpur (1328) 2 years ago

I'm very sorry she has to deal with this. It's not fair for the people who need it for the reason other than an Instagram influencer account.

[–] samoanjoes (58580) 2 years ago

No.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

what if you weighed 400 pounds?

[–] samoanjoes (58580) 2 years ago

No. I'm not going to use medication which could help other people to help myself for an unrelated issue.

[–] Kowalski (79077) 2 years ago

WHAT DO YOU MEAN..."WHAT IF" ???

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

samoanjoes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-64r1hcxtV4&ab_channel=MoreNikocado

[–] Kowalski (79077) 2 years ago

🤣

LMAO...THAT IS SO HIM...AMAZING!

[–] nyctc7 (44104) 2 years ago

Of course not. My fitness guru would never let me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbN3C0cq2Ns&t=29s

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

never wear short shorts.

[–] RoboReCop (3379) 2 years ago

But, who wears short shorts?
https://youtu.be/Ve04-BcEP94

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

they look fine

[–] nyctc7 (44104) 2 years ago

Their commercials to the tune of "Magic" by Pilot are fairly ubiquitous here.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ozempic+commercial

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

i have seen these here.

[–] nyctc7 (44104) 2 years ago

Oh Oh Oh

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

at least the writers are making some money.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78555) 2 years ago

No, this strikes me as selfish.
Diabetes is very serious, I know a few good people with it.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

this drug is killing the jenny craig business

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/28/business/jenny-craig-weight-loss-ozempic/index.html

[–] sslssg (35178) 2 years ago

And just like Jenny Craig, when a person stops taking the drug they gain weight. (or at least that's what I've read)

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

it won't work long term

[–] DoctorThirteen (15297) 2 years ago

No, I would never contemplate it. I train a lot and I eat right.

[–] WandererFromYs (2406) 2 years ago

Same here, and it’s amazing the lengths people will go to avoid this.

[–] Otter (24464) 2 years ago

Only after I see what happens to the millions of people who are already taking it, over the long term.

I've been overweight a very long time, being chonky a while longer won't make much difference.

[–] ClementinaSpur (1328) 2 years ago

Only after I see what happens to the millions of people who are already taking it, over the long term.

You possess wisdom.

[–] Otter (24464) 2 years ago

Just common sense.

Which is apparently not that common.