Gastroparesis is very rare on this medication and is more common with diabetics. Any medication involves risks and trade offs. The question should rather be is avoiding this medicine because of an extremely small risk of side effects worth it against the known dangers of obesity. Obesity will shorten your life, it’s not a matter of if but rather how much. A minute risk of side effects is certainly a risk I’d be willing to take to lengthen my life.
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Cigna to offer $200 Wegovy, Zepbound weight-loss benefit, GaryCrow wrote: Gastroparesis is very rare on this medication and is more common with diabetics. Any medication involves risks and trade offs. The question should rather be is avoiding this medicine because of an extremely small risk of side effects worth it against the known dangers of obesity. Obesity will shorten your life, it’s not a matter of if but rather how much. A minute risk of side effects is certainly a risk I’d be willing to take to lengthen my life.
We don't know what 'rare' is for this product. The Covid19 Vax pushers still say side effects are 'rare' but they are not.
Also, we don't know how common or rare this side effect, and others, will be long-term. If you take medication to slow down the functioning of the stomach for years, it's conceivable that paralysis or other problems may become more common over time. But my point is, after Covid19 vax propaganda, I don't trust the drug companies when they say 'rare' or don't provide long term data. "We don't know" isn't a good response to the question, "What are the potential long-term side effects, and how often do they occur?"
My co-worker was distressed when, years ago, her doctor scolded her for being too afraid to try FenPhen, and asked her why she would not act to protect her own health? And then it was discovered that it causes heart damage. I don't want to see this play out with the popular drugs for weightloss.
2024 Update: Fen Phen Lawsuits Still Being Filed & PaidFen-Phen is the common name of a weight loss protocol heavily marketed in the 1990's that included fenfluramine (Pondimin) or dexfenfluramine (Redux). Pondimin and Redux were shown to cause damage to the mitral and aortic heart valves; and a serious lung condition called primary pulmonary