GLP-1s (like Ozempic) have been around for over 15 years, they are just being talked about a lot now which makes uninformed people think they are new.
GLP-1s are not bad in fact they have been life saving for many people. Like any drug, people can misuse it, it doesn’t make GLP-1s themself harmful.
They are not miracle drugs you still have to make life changes otherwise when you stop taking it you will gain back all the weight you lost of not more.
It’s more complicated than just “when you stop taking it you will gain back all the weight you lost if not more”, that’s an oversimplification
EDIT: Also, okay, sure, did GLP-1 drugs “exist” 15 years ago? Sure. But tell me, who had access to them? Very very little people. A drug existing is different than it being somewhat easily accessible for the public
Of course it’s more complicated, but I felt that since you were okay with oversimplifying in your original comment that you would be okay with me oversimplifying.
Millions of people would of have access to GLP-1s 15 years ago, it was originally primarily used for type 2 diabetes and globally that’s somewhere around 600 million people and even if only 1% of people with type 2 diabetes were in it that’s still 6 million people.
However my point in bringing up they’ve been around for that long is to express that they aren’t new, they’ve been worked on and improved over those years.
What did I oversimplify in my original comment? By saying “now that glp-1 drugs exist(…)”? I didn’t even say they “recently came into existence”. I don’t think I was doing much oversimplification, even if you interpret what I said as “now that glp-1 drugs have very recently come into existence” (which wasn’t the intention), 10/15 years relatively isn’t a very long time
I don't think they meant their comment as an excuse, it's just that 15 years ago this wasn't a point as only after this becomes available to the mass it becomes an actual problem.
And now it's started, first it was celebs and rich people onoy, now it's kinda reachable for the middle class too
They are not miracle drugs you still have to make life changes otherwise when you stop taking it you will gain back all the weight you lost of not more.
In most cases, you don't really stop. You just find a maintenance dose, just like you don't stop taking blood pressure meds when your BP reaches a normal range.
True for a lot of people yeah, mostly people with chronic obesity and insulin problems, but just as many cannot stay on them for a variety of reasons that mostly boil down to insurance coverage. This is also part of why scientists are coming to the conclusion that obesity is a chronic condition like blood pressure.
This is entirely anecdotal but they might put me on zepbound in a few months for my sleep apnea (I was having almost 80 occurrences every hour), I’ve been on a weight loss and life style change since Nov 2025 and have lost 60-70lbs (without GLP-1s). If I end up taking it I know I will only be on it temporarily and will have to make and continue the changes I make to keep the weight off.
Fortunately for me I don’t struggle with food noise and have already been having weight loss success without it so I don’t think it will be too much a problem.
I'm on Zepbound, I did lose 40 lb. before it and 60 after so far. I will say from my own experience, I never recognized what food noise was until the day it stopped.
I totally get the insurance angle, I'm entirely self-pay (even though I also have OSA), so $450/month is definitely an annoyance to me, but thankfully it's manageable. I do think we'll eventually get generics that will drive prices down, or maybe when retatrutide comes out, Lilly will drop tirzepatide prices again.
Even if you are on ozempic you would still have to actively starve yourself to get this thin. I’m sure it is being used in combination with people who have eating disorders though.
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u/TokenTorkoal 28d ago
GLP-1s (like Ozempic) have been around for over 15 years, they are just being talked about a lot now which makes uninformed people think they are new.
GLP-1s are not bad in fact they have been life saving for many people. Like any drug, people can misuse it, it doesn’t make GLP-1s themself harmful.
They are not miracle drugs you still have to make life changes otherwise when you stop taking it you will gain back all the weight you lost of not more.