The downside is that much of the weight loss is muscle mass. Much of the rebound weight gain returns as fat.
I forgot to mention gastric distress and heartburn where there has never been heartburn before.
Mounjaro is more effective at weight loss but I suppose has the same problems.
If the Ozempic drops you blood sugar so much as to cause hypoglycemia for a day or two in diabetic persons what must it do for non-diabetics? Woof.
These are the new Carl Sagan drugs since they make Billions and Billions of dollars in profit. They are the statains or the NASIDs of the day.
Back in the days of my youth it was tonsillectomies, they were common, you hardly ever hear of one now. Appendectomies were also quite common. The favorite dental procedure seemed to be the volar flap removal, it just made your teeth get crooked since the flap was meant to provide space for your teeth to grow as you got older. After that, when we got older, most of our wives that could afford it or via insurance got hysterectomies or were medicated with a bunch of estrogen. For a time it was $85,000 back surgeries that were at best 35% effective. And then there is that precautionary colonoscopy. Who can argue with everyone being anesthetized and corn holed for the sake of health safety? After all, what is a little propofol between friends anyway? What other flavor of the day money grubbing medical procedures or drugs can anyone think of?
Today is is type II diabetes or pre-diabetes with people that have an A1C of 6.5 often being read out death sentences and put on hard core regimens including diet and lifestyle coaches.
Please forgive my cynicism. Old age and experience have made me that way.