Will Ozempic Become The Hottest New Workplace Benefit?

Forbes ^ | May 09, 2025 | Caroline Castrillon

[choctaw man]

Yes, it works. Search for non GMO and other processed food; you can find them. Eat ‘good’ fish, beef, protein, cut out all the trash and you will lose weight.

[TalBlack]

Ozempic in use by people compromised by diabetes or overweight is one thing but a not well known drug that gets extremely popular for positive weight reduction (in a nation of fatties) as well as quite a few other things is going to start racking up victims even if it is relatively safe. And you can bet in the age of clicks it’s going to get reported endlessly. I heard Ozempic called a wonder drug by a very enthusiastic MD. We’ve all heard that before.

[TalBlack]

“Maybe if all this GLP-1 works out, neither of us will have to resist our urges. “

One of the things I’ve heard about former fatties on these drugs is that when they go off them many of them gain the weight back.

[nickcarraway]

A couple Freepers said they take it, and would be on it for the rest of their lives.

[BipolarBob]

If they’d just legalize meth and cocaine, there wouldn’t be an obesity problem.

[ridesthemiles]

ROBE FOLLOWED BY SUING THE EMPLOYER FOR AGREEING TO PROVIDE THE DRUG....

GLAD I DO NOT HAVE EMPLOYEES

WOULD NEVER AGREE TO PAY FOR THIS

[Biblebelter]

Someone stops smoking in their late forties.

Good for them.

Then they gain 35 pounds which is not good but they are not exactly morbidly obese.

So then they take Ozempic.

What are the long term effects?

Who knows?

Time will tell, just as time has started to tell what the long term effects of the clot shot are.

But they may have been better off not giving up smoking.

[Freee-dame]

Congratulations. Does “no meds at all” Include the monjourno? Either way, you are much better off without all the extra pounds and problems. You must feel so much better.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Yes, it works. Search for non GMO and other processed food; you can find them. Eat ‘good’ fish, beef, protein, cut out all the trash and you will lose weight.

These are good thoughts, and if put into practice, yes - they will work. But most people can't put them into practice, so practically speaking they don't work. Ozempic and Mounjaro obviously do work.

I weigh 160 lbs - I don't need these drugs. But obviously many, many people do. I'm glad we finally have a real solution to the obesity epidemic in the US.