They don’t work for all people and some people have had some really nasty side effects................
You are right; they definitely don’t work for all people and some people do have terrible side effects. However, of all of the accounts I have read (and I’m in a Reddit Ozempic group so I read them daily), the ones who say it hasn’t worked for them are nearly always talking about the weight loss not happening. I’ve seen very few comment that Ozempic/Wegovy hasn’t improved their A1C and daily glucose readings. Some have been very disappointed that they’ve only lost five or ten pounds after several months on one of the drugs (both are semaglutide), but they happily acknowledge significant improvement in A1C.
Yeah, the side effects can be pretty bad. Many of the users say that they improve drastically after the first month or so on the drug, once the body is acclimated to it. Also, most say the side effects are worse when too much food is consumed at one time. Some are only affected if they eat fried foods, rich foods or other food-specific conditions. They learn quickly what and how much they can generally eat safely (and even then they get some unwelcome surprises from time to time). Some definitely quit taking the GLP-1 drugs before they see much in the way of A1C or weight improvement because the side effects are so bad and they’re not sure they can wait for their bodies to acclimate (others grudgingly stop taking it because they can’t afford to keep paying for it). I was hoping to be able to start Ozempic or Mounjaro during this summer, before I start back to my school job in July, so that I’d have time to get through the worst of the side effects. But, alas…