It’s just a common diabetes drug with a new name and at a higher dose.
Hint, hint.
The usual routine:
1 wonder drug announced.
2 drug sells like hotcakes.
3 side effects thst were suppressed in the trials documentation rear their ugly heads.
4 drug withdrawn.
5 No one is punished either at the FDA or the drug company for the fraud and damaged users.
“My advice to you is to, uh, avoid any type of food product that your neighborhood supermarket might try to sell you.” - The Ladies Man (Tim Meadows), Saturday Night Live.
$15k per year, and may cause thyroid cancer and kidney failure.
Simpler and cheaper to just back off on the carbs.
Here’s a thought.
1. Eat less calories. Especially but not exclusively carbohydrates such as breads and pasta, alcohol, soda. Eat smaller portions. Stop eating at fast food places.
2. Burn more calories. Get exercise. Don’t drive so much.
It’s that simple.
Remember when PhenFen came out in the 1990s and was a game changer for weight loss? And it was effective at weight loss. About a year later they discovered it was also effective damaging cardiac valves.
Don’t change what you stuff in the pie hole, take a shot and don’t worry about potential complications resulting from a type 2 diabetics drug that increases insulin production. Don’t quite understand that either as diebetics have problems processing insulin at cellular level. Why should anyone want them making more? Good medicine doesn’t mean good health unless it means production of a revenue stream.
WARNING: RISK OF THYROID C-CELL TUMORS
In rodents, semaglutide causes dose-dependent and treatment-duration-dependent thyroid C-cell tumors at clinically relevant exposures. It is unknown whether Ozempic® causes thyroid C-cell tumors, including medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), in humans as human relevance of semaglutide-induced rodent thyroid C-cell tumors has not been determined.
Ozempic® is contraindicated in patients with a personal or family history of MTC and in patients with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN 2). Counsel patients regarding the potential risk for MTC with the use of Ozempic® and inform them of symptoms of thyroid tumors (eg, a mass in the neck, dysphagia, dyspnea, persistent hoarseness). Routine monitoring of serum calcitonin or using thyroid ultrasound is of uncertain value for early detection of MTC in patients treated with Ozempic®.
I see nowhere in the Constitution where it is the business of any government entity to approve, or prevent, what I choose to put in my body. If allowed to exist at all, the FDA should be merely a quality assurance bureau.
Eat one meal a day.
For me, it’s dinner.
“says an average weight loss of 17 to 18 percent was sustained for over 68 weeks in people with obesity (and without type 2 diabetes) who took Wegovy in addition to adopting a reduced calorie meal plan and increased physical activity. “
I have magic weight loss rocks for sale. You will average 17-18 percent weight loss if stare at the rock for just 5 minutes per day plus “adopting a reduced calorie meal plan and increased physical activity.”
The pill is called stopeatinglikeapig
Only possible? What about self discipline? Over-eating is one of the toughest habits to break but anyone can do it if they can remain determined and disciplined to the task. (I Have lost in excess of 60# 2x and 100# once - Currently I need to lose 50 to get back to 180. This is entirely my own failure to remain dedicated to the task)
Wonder what it will cost with Medicare D? My blood thinner is about $500/month cash, but only $47 with my part D. I would spend $100 a month to lose that kind of weight.
I was interested up to where they explained it was a weekly shot.
Eliminate soda, fruit juices/drinks, rice, bread, pasta, sugar and processed carbs (80% of the battle right there).
Eat within a 2 to 4 hour window each day (I personally do one meal a day, but others may choose a different strategy)
Exercise by walking, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, simple dumbbell exercises, pushups and other calisthenic or body-weight exercises if you can't use weights or exercise bands.
Do a complete fast of water only, once a week. I typically fast from early Sunday afternoon until about noon on Tuesday (approximately 45 hours). Alternatively; I do a 72 hour fast (water-only) once a month. Drink copious amounts of water while fasting. Incidentally; the fasting is for autophagy and healing and has nothing to do with weight loss.
Anecdotally; I haven't had so much as a sniffle since 2014 when I started down this path.
Always looking for the external, "quick fix" solution like the pill or the shot is a recipe for disaster as there are always side effects that may be worse than what you are trying to 'cure'. I'll pass on this "wonder drug".
I tried the pill form of semaglutide, but my insurance company would only cover the injectable.
I’ve already had plenty of needles in the last few years, so I passed. The cost without insurance was $3,000/month.
I tolerated it pretty well, but it wasn’t without some gastrointestinal distress, especially initially. But for me, the distress was additive, as I take other drugs that cause a lot more distress.
I struggle with my weight. I diet aggressively, and work out five days a week. But I lead a fairly inactive life-style. It’s hard to overcome for me. I’m disabled now, and and have trouble getting about.
I noticed I was gaining weight early in the lockdowns, and decided to crank it up on the diet and exercise, and went from net 8 lbs. up to net 15 down.
My doctor said that at my current BMI, I’d probably only lose another 5% of body weight, but for me, that’d be pretty fantastic!
For those who are serious about weight, especially for health reasons, who already have other health issues with which to contend, this drug could be a very good supplement to the program.
I just don’t want to do another needle. Wish my insurance company would cover the pill.
