I've said it before and I'll say it again. I'm not being hyperbolic here. I believe GLP-1 drugs are going to be this decade's PhenFen. While they do have the potential to help some people dealing with type 2 diabetes, they are not benevolent medications. They carry a lot of potential side effects. Some of these side effects are quite serious.
I'm a type 2 diabetic who tried Ozempic after my doctor said it helps some people with chronic inflammation, which I have. I developed brain fog right out of the starting gate, but kept using the medication because I hoped this would pass. Then I started feeling somewhat queasy, but kept using the medication because I hoped the feeling would pass.
Then came the diarrhea. Not just slightly loose poops, but full-on diarrhea. That was followed by the feeling that I was being cooked from the inside. That was the last straw. I stopped the Ozempic and went back to using Januvia with Lantus and Humalog. I recently started taking Metformin ER as well. I'd stopped taking Metformin because of digestive issues, but the ER version helps prevent the GI upset.
GLP-1's were never meant to be used as weight loss drugs. Leave it to the weight loss industry to co-opt a medication meant to treat a serious chronic health condition.
Very sorry about your experience, and you may be right with the phen-fen analogy. And without the massive social pressure of stigma, how many people would fall all over themselves (and their wallets) to start a brand new/no safety history (at these doses) drug that you have to take FOR LIFE or be guaranteed a return to the condition (possibly increased) that got you to start it in the first place??
Great deconstruction of retrospective studies, and I love your ironic spin on the fact that thin people could end up de-accessed to a lifesaving drug. But what a great market that would open up! Of course weight loss could be a dangerous side effect for them. So my cartoon mind comes up with the next ironic step - an image of a towering mean-looking PCP leaning over and trilling, "but you don't want to get *Caancerr* do you? " (a nod to the idea that profitability goals spare no one).
I've said it before and I'll say it again. I'm not being hyperbolic here. I believe GLP-1 drugs are going to be this decade's PhenFen. While they do have the potential to help some people dealing with type 2 diabetes, they are not benevolent medications. They carry a lot of potential side effects. Some of these side effects are quite serious.
I'm a type 2 diabetic who tried Ozempic after my doctor said it helps some people with chronic inflammation, which I have. I developed brain fog right out of the starting gate, but kept using the medication because I hoped this would pass. Then I started feeling somewhat queasy, but kept using the medication because I hoped the feeling would pass.
Then came the diarrhea. Not just slightly loose poops, but full-on diarrhea. That was followed by the feeling that I was being cooked from the inside. That was the last straw. I stopped the Ozempic and went back to using Januvia with Lantus and Humalog. I recently started taking Metformin ER as well. I'd stopped taking Metformin because of digestive issues, but the ER version helps prevent the GI upset.
GLP-1's were never meant to be used as weight loss drugs. Leave it to the weight loss industry to co-opt a medication meant to treat a serious chronic health condition.
Very sorry about your experience, and you may be right with the phen-fen analogy. And without the massive social pressure of stigma, how many people would fall all over themselves (and their wallets) to start a brand new/no safety history (at these doses) drug that you have to take FOR LIFE or be guaranteed a return to the condition (possibly increased) that got you to start it in the first place??
Great deconstruction of retrospective studies, and I love your ironic spin on the fact that thin people could end up de-accessed to a lifesaving drug. But what a great market that would open up! Of course weight loss could be a dangerous side effect for them. So my cartoon mind comes up with the next ironic step - an image of a towering mean-looking PCP leaning over and trilling, "but you don't want to get *Caancerr* do you? " (a nod to the idea that profitability goals spare no one).