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Ozempic linked to stomach paralysis, other gastrointestinal issues: UBC study

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Re: Ozempic linked to stomach paralysis, other gastrointestinal issues: UBC study

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Post by klipklop »

great_psy wrote: post #3

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Not sure why people are downvoting, these drugs are a major threat to the fast/junk food industry.

If these drugs continue being used we might have reached “peak calorie” consumption in the west. There are a lot of scaremongering articles for this class of drugs. The media constantly runs articles to scare people out of taking it.

Gastroparesis is often mentioned. You know what often causes this? Being obese and having diabetes.

The question is do these drugs make that more likely to happen.. In the meantime I’ll let other people beta test these drugs on my behalf.

Re: Ozempic linked to stomach paralysis, other gastrointestinal issues: UBC study

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Post by sllewe »

Anecdotal experience - Good friend of mine who struggles with weight was taking Ozempic for about two months.

He described nausea quite often when I saw him but the results were pretty astounding.

He then hit a wall where gastroparesis would happen quite often and I happened to be at his house when one of these bouts got very severe. He went from feeling bad, to hunched over in pain and started projectile vomiting in the span of 30 minutes. He said it was clearly the meal he had eaten several days ago...it was awful.

I believe this happened to him several more times - and AFAIK he stopped taking it, and promptly regained some weight back.

Re: Ozempic linked to stomach paralysis, other gastrointestinal issues: UBC study

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Post by lawlessone »

hightrix wrote: post #8
brennaw1 wrote: post #5

Can we just let people be fat and happy

We can! But should we? Being fat is similar to being a drug user. At first, you actually are fat and happy. Over time, being fat will absolutely reduce your happiness from the medical, societal, and physical issues that arise. Similar to how drug users build up a tolerance and instead of using the drug to be happy, they use the drug to feel normal. And just to state a simple fact, I do not condone shaming people with…

I have thought of this before.

But it isn't really the same. Drugs, the really bad ones will probably ruin your life or kill you in the space of two or three years.

Being fat unless it's super super severe often won't start impacting your health seriously until your 30's or 40's.

on the opposite side anorexia will kill you much faster than obesity

Re: Ozempic linked to stomach paralysis, other gastrointestinal issues: UBC study

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klipklop wrote: post #11
great_psy wrote: post #3

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Not sure why people are downvoting, these drugs are a major threat to the fast/junk food industry. If these drugs continue being used we might have reached “peak calorie” consumption in the west. There are a lot of scaremongering articles for this class of drugs. The media constantly runs articles to scare people out of taking it. Gastroparesis is often mentioned. You know what often causes this? Being obese and havi…

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Re: Ozempic linked to stomach paralysis, other gastrointestinal issues: UBC study

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Post by Mobius01 »

Anecdotal sample of one here: since starting the treatment a year ago, I have hardly set foot in a fast food restaurant, and my visits to other food establishments have been reduced by 75% at minimum. Grocery shopping has been more mindful and smaller in size. The impact on my desire or even ability to consume food beyond the base metabolic necessity is real.

Re: Ozempic linked to stomach paralysis, other gastrointestinal issues: UBC study

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Post by adrr »

anigbrowl wrote: post #4

It's going to be very interesting to see how the people who insisted on getting off-label prescriptions fare in court.

Wegovy is incorrectly listed in the article as a diabetes medication, it is only approved for weight loss. It is also 30% more expensive.

https://www.wegovy.com/

Re: Ozempic linked to stomach paralysis, other gastrointestinal issues: UBC study

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Post by stavros »

Mobius01 wrote: post #17

Anecdotal sample of one here: since starting the treatment a year ago, I have hardly set foot in a fast food restaurant, and my visits to other food establishments have been reduced by 75% at minimum. Grocery shopping has been more mindful and smaller in size. The impact on my desire or even ability to consume food beyond the base metabolic necessity is real.

Why is that? For me, it was because I'd get severe symptoms after eating fatty foods.
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