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Thank you so much for doing this!

I appreciate both your efforts and your integrity

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I happened to be looking at side effects re: GLP1s. I found that Drug Watch lists them as high risk drugs and indicates that there are open class action lawsuits for

Ozempic (semaglutide) at https://www.drugwatch.com/drugs/ozempic/side-effects/

and

Mounjaro (tirzepatide) https://www.drugwatch.com/drugs/mounjaro/side-effects/

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Thank you for this, as always! Please please please also dig into the heart failure study. This is exactly my condition and I assume it’s the same situation as this blitz! https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2306963

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There maybe an obvious answer to this. I am wondering how these researchers get paid otherwise for their work? And how do they get the work? Who regularly employs them?

Thanks Ragan!

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I think you mean 8% for the placebo group (not 8.5%)? "Per the study, 6.5% of patients who took semaglutide experienced death from cardiovascular causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke while 8.5% of the group taking the placebo did." Thank you for all this digging, synthesising, and analysis!

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Yes, thank you! I realized that I fixed this but forgot to thank you for spotting it!

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Wow. There is no such thing as tenets of medical ethics anymore. I share some of your links on the shownotes of this podcast.

Dr. Mark Cucuzzella on the Latest GLP-1 Weight-Loss Medications! 600

https://www.myboundlessbody.com/podcast-1/episode/7bead7e7/dr-mark-cucuzzella-on-the-latest-glp-1-weight-loss-medications-600

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Why are you shilling for a keto guy?

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I didn't listen to the podcast, but the two sources referenced are illuminating -

Particularly this one, which shows a study of 120 weeks, indicating a rebound at week 68, followed by weight gain nearly to starting weight:

https://blog.maryannedemasi.com/p/part-1-weighing-up-the-value-of-weight

This one discusses the TONS of money going to docs, including one doc who received over 1.4 million. Reminds me of what happened with oxycontin.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/health-obesity-novonordisk-doctors/

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