Posted on 12/12/2024 10:18:47 AM PST by NautiNurse
"Nothing would do more" to bolster Americans’ health, he wrote in a post on X.
Elon Musk, who is spearheading President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, is touting GLP-1 drugs to treat obesity.
“Nothing would do more to improve the health, lifespan and quality of life for Americans than making GLP inhibitors [sic] super low cost to the public,” Musk wrote in a post on X Wednesday. “Nothing else is even close.”
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It’s not clear how Musk would make GLP-1s “super low cost.” The drugs are expected to be eligible for Medicare price negotiation down the line, which could be one potential avenue to reduce their cost. The pharmaceutical industry and business interests have challenged in court the Inflation Reduction Act’s provisions establishing the price negotiations.
Still, Musk is pitching the drugs as a long-term cost saver.
“Vast majority of healthcare spending is near end of life and obesity often plays a major role,” Musk said in a July post on X. “GLP and other hunger inhibitors might be the single biggest positive effect on healthcare and quality of life in the 21st century.”
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Musk could have an ally in Trump’s pick to run CMS, Dr. Mehmet Oz, who has touted Novo Nordisk's Ozempic for weight loss. But Trump’s pick to run HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been skeptical of the drugs.
Kennedy has raised concerns about cost and said in a recent Fox News interview that pharmaceutical companies are “counting on selling it to Americans because we’re so stupid and so addicted to drugs.”
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I agree with RFK Jr...They Pharm companies want everyone on a drug.
Ozempic.
Me too. Lose weight by not shoving so much crap down your throat and go for a 30 minute walk a few times a week.
Why do we need a drug for everything? Promote healthy lifestyles and improve our food supply.
How about pitching get off your butt and move, stop over-eating, put your phone and game controller down...
Beat me to it. Totally agree.
‘The people’ want Doritos and Coke laced with Ozempic.
Ozempic scares the heck out of me. My RN sister in law is totally addicted to it. She acts differently and actually looks different. Addiction is never a good thing.
Meanwhile, I am suspicious of RFK Jr.’s many years working with “For The People” Morgan & Morgan. John Morgan, the alcoholic, spent a tremendous amount of litigation award money promoting recreational cannabis in Florida. Meanwhile, auto insurance, homeowners insurance and medical malpractice insurance rates are astronomical due to the likes of Morgan & Morgan.
Be that as it may, promoting a drug that is now said to have permanent effects is not good and is not in any way responsible.
Wait until the MSM start comparing this to the German fitness movement of the ‘30s.
The best two weight loss drugs on the market are called Eatlessdomore and Getoffyouass.
"I did very, very poorly in school, until I started doing narcotics," Kennedy,
70, said on the podcast. "Then I went to the top of my class because my mind
was so restless and turbulent and I could not sit still.""It worked for me," he continued of his past heroin use. "And if it still worked,
I'd still be doing it."
There was also a flurry of reports this summer and fall about the cardiovascular benefits of GLP drugs.
“The key cardiovascular benefit trial for Ozempic (semaglutide) is called the “SELECT” study, which demonstrated that Ozempic significantly reduces the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in people with overweight or obesity and established cardiovascular disease, even if they do not have diabetes, showing a roughly 20% reduction in risk of heart attack, stroke, or cardiovascular death compared to placebo;”
Are you able to cite a source reference for your assertion?
I agree.
I recall reading about those studies. Anecdotally, the dozen or so people I know who use GLP-1 meds have had remarkable success lowering their blood sugar long term, and weight loss, which has reduced or eliminated the need for additional DM2 meds. In turn, their weight loss has reduced the need for blood pressure meds.
Go for a walk and stop being a pig. No more soda no more gallons of juice stop being a hog. EXERCISE!
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