Posted on 09/04/2026 5:36:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Excitement around the creation of a new drug, especially one showing early promise in clinical trials, is often celebrated by those developing it.
But new weight-loss drug retatrutide has become a headache not only for Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical company behind it, but for regulators in the UK and around the world. The jab has not yet been approved for human use by any regulatory body.
But illicit, counterfeit dupes of retatrutide are currently flooding the black market. Experts have told the BBC this is one of the first times they have seen copycat versions of an experimental drug, still in the throes of being tested, become so widely available.
Vials purporting to be "reta" as it's become known, are being sold in the UK in gyms, nail and beauty salons, hairdressers, on social media and even by flower sellers on the street. "The world has gone mad," pharmacist and director of 24 HR Pharmacy, Sehar Shahid says. "People are effectively injecting an illegal drug and thinking it's safe. "It's become so normalised people openly talk about their dealers, where's best to get it from and post all over social media."
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There is a NO COST alternative to these medicines.
A specific exercise proven to work 100% of the time.
The exercise is called Push Aways.
Push yourself away from the table.
Wow, that’s just nuts.
Ha.
I remember a woman I knew at work who said her female pal never had to diet like the others she went to lunch with. The woman figured her friend lost weight by burning the calories moving her arm and hand muscles to bring the food up to her mouth, eating whatever she liked.
Another believed in the law of conservation of fat. Like no energy created or lot in the law of conservation of energy.
But she believed if one of her friends lost, say, five pounds, she herself would gain five pounds. Balanced out.
The people who are taking pills to lose weight, will are pay a price with heath problems and a shorter life. Common sense they all lack
Been waiting for JB Pritzker and Elyssa Slotkin to develop serious side effects from their daily shots. No word so far.
It might take years before taking weight loss shots, destroy people, but it wii.
In retirement I have lost about 20 lbs, just don’t eat as much and walk pretty much daily. The body looks better than high school days, the face looks like my grandfather.
Weight loss drug why bother save money and diet and give up the I want it now idea.
Small meals but more of them keeps you full.
Eat no more then what fits in your hand and that doesn’t mean a tray.
It’s easy to say guys - but different people need different approaches. I agree that medication should be the the last option, but the methods you give work well for different people:
1. the simple willpower - this depends on the food you eat. If you have calorie-dense food, even healthy food like peanut butter (unsweetened), or rye bread can leave you “feeling” less full. If you have leafy vegetables you will feel full with far fewer calories
2. some people simply do have higher metabolism - and all of us lose the metabolism when we age
3. some genetic histories are “fatty” - look at Samoans, they can either pile on muscle or pile on fat, probably due to the genetic background
For me, until my 30s I burned whatever I ate (powerlifter) and didn’t bother. Then I expanded in my early 40s. I tried the 18:6 intermittent fasting, but it ended up demolishing my metabolism. The HIIT and running again just burned my muscle and I ended up worse.
What worked FOR ME was low carb, nearly vegetarian diet with 16-8 fasting and long (2 hour+) dog walks + weights.
But for a friend who does have so much muscle, what worked for HIM was running and jogging.
I have friends who take ozempic and it worked for them - and more critically it helpe them wean off their really bad carb-heavy diets, which they were unable to do before ozempic.
So, let’s not be too hasty to judge
Cancer is way up because people do stupid stuff like taking these pills.
Any proof for this???
Current data does not show that general cancer rates are higher since medications like Ozempic became available - perhaps you have other data?
ecent findings presented at major health meetings, such as the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference, suggest that weight loss from these drugs may actually help lower the risk or slow the progression of certain obesity-linked cancers, including breast and colorectal cancers ->
What data do you have? To me it looks like the data does not say that cancer is up, but at the same time it does not dismiss the possibility that they could cause cancer, while other studies say they might reduce cancer.
What are the studies you are looking at?
It will happens down the road, guarantee you
Also, other health problems will arise when you try to cheat God creation.
Based on what data?
do you have any proof at all?
Go ahead and tell your family to take fat pills and see what happens. There is no free lunch. Taking pills is the last resort. It’s like smoking, it will catch up to the participants.
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