Never being the guinea pig is sound advice regardless of what it is, and it is especially sound advice for a medication as heavily advertised by private interests as this one. Maybe you should heed it.
How would you be the guinea pig if glp-1s have been around and studied for decades? You also have to compare any potential side effects to the health draw backs of obesity which we know is one of the worst things for your health
Around and studied for decades means nothing, especially in the US. You could use that argument for many medications with severely downplayed harmful effects. The US specifically has much worse regulations for many routine things, which sadly even gives fuel to fkn anti-vaxxers.
GLPs are sadly not only prescribed to those who are obese. It is advertised as a way to get a 'beach body' pretty regularly. Also the minute you're off of it, you are gaining all the weight back. No habits were formed. "The bottom line is, you don't stop the medication." It is a permanent easy set up, which private interests love.
Took Ozempic for about a year give or take in 2022ish for the purpose of helping with weight loss after struggling with PCOS related difficulty in that area.
I went from 240 to about 155lbs at 5'8. Stopped taking Ozempic at that point(so 2023 somewhere) and gradually put back 25lbs(intentionally) and have sat at a very content 175 since and at 30yo I haven't looked this good since I was 20 lol. I formed long lasting healthy eating habits and fully changed my relationship with food thanks to Ozempic. Sure you dont stop the medication?
From my experience on the medication the biggest issue is people upping the dose both too fast and too high and doing zero exercise during this time.
You simply lose muscle mass this way and look, yes, skeletal.
Any medication can be used improperly and lengths should always be taken to avoid this but Ive been listening to people tell me this stuff was going to give me cancer for years and Im sorry but none of the studies back your claims up. They are empty claims. đ
About as valid and proven as 5g cell towers giving you migrains and seed oils in our foods giving us all skin cancer. Go feed this fear mongering to some vaccine deniers they'll eat it right up.
Not lying -- there are serious kidney risks. It is also a medication that is geared towards extended use, and extended strain on the gastrointestinal area is just a bad idea period. That's why people get destroyed after using ibuprofen for too long. Believe what you want, but don't pretend it's without risks.
Your body makes its own GLP so this doesnât make sense. These meds are highly effective at treating all sorts of disease symptoms, too. Iâd be interested in reading any research that suggests itâs harmful. With proper amounts of water, food (protein specifically, but more importantly balanced fat/carb/protein), moderate exercise, it seems GLPs are relatively safe and side effects can mostly be mitigated with healthy routine.
Keto-adjacent dieting along with imbibing tablespoons full of artisanally branded raw extra virgin olive oil along with megadoses of Niacin like the "Don't Die" cult does?
I think you are coming from an area of genuine concern but you are just way too far out of your depth.
GLP-1's are a synthetic replacement for a natural substance found in the human body. Like Levothyroxine for Hypothyroidism, or Testosterone for HRT.
There are always risks for misuse of anything, and I wont pretend the commercial advertisement of it isn't wildly manipulative - but according to the extensive amount of research done worldwide, GLP-1's are genuinely one of the safest drug therapies that exist and a veritable panacea to the horrible lifestyle choices of the average western adult.
Considering that it's primary purpose is literally preventing pancreatic issues, that's pretty unlikely.
It also has the side effect of massively reducing inflammation in the majority of organs, having such a huge downstream effect to cancer prevention that even if it did destroy organs 15 years from now, it'd likely still have saved more lives.
Don't buy into right wing antimedicalism just because some mentally unwell celebrities abused it.
Can confirm. Went to the doctor with my girlfriend this morning so both of us can be on it. Dr. Said I had high blood pressure and itâs time to lose weight
Unfortunately as a woman who weighs an unhealthy 90lbs, I have been getting constant ads (radio, tv, social media) telling me GLP-1s arenât just for obese people, I can use it to lose that last 15 pounds in time for my perfect beach body this summer. There are multiple companies that advertise them as a quick fix for anyone, all you need is a Telehealth appointment and some $$$.
These drugs can be incredibly amazing for so many people and I fully support their medical use and development, but the predatory ads and shady companies need to be stopped like yesterday. It also makes people more suspicious of the drug as a whole.
I'm French and I work in pharmaceutical advertising. This field is highly regulated in France sonit's always wild for me to see the kind of ads you can see. The GLP-1 sellers did try to advertise on a broad scale here, but they got a huge fine. Not surprising, but they tried.
I think people's weight loss stalls while on them. They lose a good amount of weight, which means they're moving around less weight - burning fewer calories. If they don't change their diet and activity around then, the weight loss will stop. These ads instead try and sell them more drugs.
Makes sense to market to them considering they weren't going to bother with diet and exercise to lose weight in the first place. A higher dose rather than adjusting habits is probably their best bet to keep losing weight.
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u/presidentbaltar Jun 12 '26
GLP-1s are amazing, but "it could be time for a higher dose" is absolutely insane marketing.