It makes eating a chore, from what I have heard

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May 14, 2024
7:58:02am

AggieWeekendCougar Political Junky

Eventually people lose all joy in the experience of eating, even affecting the social experience of it.

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AggieWeekendCougar

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Wegovy sounds too good to be true. 20% reduction in heat attack, stroke or heart

Windward_Coug

May 14, 7:56am

It makes eating a chore, from what I have heard

AggieWeekendCougar

May 14, 7:58am

Long lasting, durable weight loss though. Plus some other unknown heart

Windward_Coug

May 14, 8:00am

Gila monsters, after millenia of being mistreated:

vagabonder

May 14, 8:08am

“Plus some other unknown heart protection.“

Abe Froman

May 14, 8:09am

It's in the article, they don't understand why it helps your heart so much.

Windward_Coug

May 14, 8:11am

That sentence is awkwardly phrased. We know the protections (reduced risk of

Abe Froman

May 14, 8:25am

Not a chore at all. Just makes you not as hungry and you get full fast.

Blue2thebone

May 14, 8:05am

I couldn’t survive without enjoying food. I can stay active and within my

Jfly1975

May 14, 8:05am

I can start within my count too, but understand why some need help

Dr T-bone

May 14, 8:28am

I can understand getting some help. It’s been a lot of work for me to get where

Jfly1975

May 14, 8:45am

I'm on exercise. Hopefully, we'll all be on some form of exercise eventually.

KCFan85

May 14, 8:01am

Unfortunately with American diets, you can easily outeat any exercise routine. I

Windward_Coug

May 14, 8:03am

Cardio (alone) is weird. You will lose weight but it’s like a rubber band that

Jfly1975

May 14, 8:11am

Both is good!

ImBlueDaBaDe

May 14, 4:12pm

RE: Unfortunately with American diets, you can easily outeat any exercise routine. I

BYU Grounds

May 14, 8:24am

RE: Unfortunately with American diets, you can easily outeat any exercise

Cheesy Gordita

May 14, 1:42pm

Exercise combined with diet is the only way to be healthy.

A Drew Aitch

May 14, 8:05am

We consume crappy good tasting food. Now we take drug to eat less of it.

JohnnyC

May 14, 8:12am

Someone tell America!

Vert der Frick

May 14, 9:55am

It makes lots of people feel sick and they can’t stay on it, so there’s that.

Joe Banks

May 14, 8:07am

Exercise makes a lot of people feel sick and they can’t stay on it, so there’s that.

JohnnyComeLately

May 14, 8:09am

Not really

ochobeeguy

May 14, 8:34am

There are other similar options in that case, Mounjaro is one...

icecougar

May 14, 9:20am

Hopefully these kinds of discoveries simply becomes the norm with medicine. Now do cancer

RSL

May 14, 8:11am

A lot of the best medicine discoveries are by accident. Just ask all the 70 year

cougaman

May 14, 8:13am

Apparently, Big medicine is hiding the cure. More $ in treatment.

JohnnyC

May 14, 8:13am

For people who otherwise won't change their eating/exercise habits, it is good

txblue

May 14, 8:15am

Fast food restaurants are going to get hammered. I’m on the sauce last 6 months

OU Cougar

May 14, 8:16am

$1,000 per month for the prescription?!

Kaanapali

May 14, 8:18am

There are generic options available, and eventually the brand names will be

cougaman

May 14, 8:18am

There are pirated options available, and who knows if they are even semaglutide

Uno Doctoro

May 14, 8:43am

That's not at all true. Because they are diabetes treatments, when there is a

ebv

May 15, 3:47am

Also some neuroprotective outcomes being shown, possibly reducing risk of

Vert der Frick

May 14, 8:38am

Do you have a link? That alone would make it worthwhile for my family.

ImBlueDaBaDe

May 14, 4:15pm

RE: Do you have a link? That alone would make it worthwhile for my family.

Vert der Frick

May 14, 5:26pm

And yet, I bet overall life expectancy in the general public remains unchanged

Medute

May 14, 8:39am

It also helps curb addictive behavior, like drinking, smoking, and biting nails

MrMiyagi

May 14, 8:40am

In what way?

cougaman

May 14, 8:47am

The articles say that they don’t really know the exact mechanism yet

MrMiyagi

May 14, 8:50am

Totally meant that as a reply to a different post…

cougaman

May 14, 8:51am

Can it help with porn addiction? Serious question.

Lifer

May 14, 8:58am

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MrMiyagi

May 14, 9:24am

Hasn't been studied that I've seen

MrMiyagi

May 14, 9:27am

It’s possible but in my personal experience porn addiction is not the problem

Jfly1975

May 14, 9:35am

That’s going to be relative risk reduction so not as big as it sounds.

Jcaps

May 14, 8:43am

It will be the next fen-phen.

Grock

May 14, 8:44am

I don’t think so. There’s tons of data on GLP-1 meds as they have been around

Skeptical Optimist

May 14, 8:50am

In what way?

cougaman

May 14, 8:51am

in no way

jacobugath

May 14, 8:52am

Right, I’m asking him to back his claim. He can’t

cougaman

May 14, 8:58am

It’s causing some bowel problems but treatment regimes will sort them out and keep the drugs safely on the market.

Joe Banks

May 14, 8:58am

I was curious and tried Zepbound (a drug in the same class).

Soren Tversky

May 14, 9:08am

Pub med it and you’ll find plenty of adverse reactions, mostly involving kidney

MD Rebel Coug

May 14, 9:21am

The data showing an increased risk of thyroid cancer is also concerning.

Jcaps

May 14, 9:45am

why wouldnt you prescribe exercise?

Grock

May 14, 11:39am

Not to speak for him, but exercise doesn't solve obesity.

Socrates Johnson

May 14, 11:57am

which is what these medicines do ... attack the eating problem.

runnincoug

May 14, 1:10pm

Stuff is amazing. My tennis partner lost 60 pounds and I dropped 20

calvindyer

May 14, 9:50am

Did you go off it once you hit your current weight? Or stayed on?

kos

May 14, 11:37am

take a shot once a month now (for fast Sunday), like the SNL skit

calvindyer

May 14, 12:13pm

Also I had done HCG in the past to lose 20, and that was probably a placebo

calvindyer

May 15, 8:53am

The problem is, people are too lazy to exercise and just want an easy way out.

Grock

May 14, 11:40am

But didn’t you hear, this drug makes you smarter and cures cancer too! Studies

BaseCoug

May 15, 12:47am

This isn't just an appetite suppression. There are tons of folks who

ebv

May 15, 3:52am

If we found a drug to cure depression would you say it’s an easy way out?

Vert der Frick

May 15, 7:34am

Agreed, they are amazing at unlocking fasting benefits and insulin resistance.

calvindyer

May 15, 8:56am

How is this one different than the other one that’s been popular lately? Starts

ColonelMustard

May 14, 3:16pm

(They're the same thing)

Soren Tversky

May 14, 3:55pm

Oh ok thanks!

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