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UK proposes to give ozempic to unemployed obese people


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32 minutes ago, Jack! said:

The drug is the same. It's just that multiple brands are licensed to use it for different usages. Mounjaro is another brand of semaglutide and it was recently licensed for use as weight loss assistance and it'll likely be used in this trial too. But the active ingredient in Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are the same.

Mounjaro does not have the same active ingredient as Ozempic and Wegovy. Mounjaro is tirzepatide while the other two are semaglutide
 

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3 minutes ago, Goaty said:

Mounjaro does not have the same active ingredient as Ozempic and Wegovy. Mounjaro is tirzepatide while the other two are semaglutide
 

My bad, I thought that was semaglutide too. I knew Zepbound was tirzepatide, must have got mixed up reading about Mounjaro.

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the amount of UK ATRLers that are gonna be benefited from this :WAP:

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all the fatties going to UK while being unemployed right now

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How can someone be unemployed AND fat?

 

 

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1 hour ago, Space Cowboy said:

Ozempic is not a weight loss drug. It's a medication for diabetes.
 

My diabetic father and many others who genuinely need Ozempic are having difficulty accessing it because many lazy fatties are using it for weight loss instead of dieting or working out.
 

I don't respect anyone who uses Ozempic to lose weight.

 

 

1. It is a weight loss drug. The active compound in Ozempic (semaglutide) has been approved as a weightloss-only drug called Wegovy.

2. Type 2 diabetics (the only type of diabetes this medication treats) are usually lazy fatties who ate themselves into this medical condition.

3. Obesity is a complex disease with many different causes. Why would someone with Type 2 diabetes pass your shitty litmus test to qualify for Ozempic, but someone with Binge Eating Disorder not? You don't get to call the shots. :sorry:

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And when they book Kitty Scott-Claus to do the promo then what? :clap3:

 

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So instead of opening up new jobs, introduce a drug to people because they're fat? 

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Its giving Floptropica healthcare system.

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Wait let me quit my job :WAP:

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4 hours ago, Burn said:

But how are they going to persuade people to use it? The government is right for wanting to get these people back into the workforce, but you can't force someone to take a drug they may not be comfortable with. Some people will be but there will be others who are hesitant.

A free weight loss drug that's basically been promoted by half of Hollywood for the past year? People will be running to get a prescription lol 

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the mixed message is very sus

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It should be an over the counter medication tbh

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The long-term health consequences of people pumping this into themselves to be skinny are going to be a mess

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11 hours ago, MatiRod said:

The long-term health consequences of people pumping this into themselves to be skinny are going to be a mess

When has the UK government ever thought long term 

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On 10/15/2024 at 11:40 AM, Space Cowboy said:

Ozempic is not a weight loss drug. It's a medication for diabetes.

 

On 10/15/2024 at 11:45 AM, Arrows said:

Why all this talk about Ozempic when Wegovey is the actual weight-loss drug? Ozempic is for diabetes

 

On 10/15/2024 at 12:06 PM, Subzero said:

On one hand this isn't a good idea because from what I've seen this medicine isn't meant for weight loss but for diabetes and those people need this more

Semaglutide is approved for weight loss. Wegovy and Ozempic are both commercial names of semaglutide.

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11 minutes ago, SoSickOfThatSOL said:

 

 

Semaglutide is approved for weight loss. Wegovy and Ozempic are both commercial names of semaglutide.

Oh didn't know own this, as I stated I'm not very educated on the topic. Thanks for the information!

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There isn't a shortage of this drug anymore. The huge increase in demand has led to investment in manufacturing which has then increased supplies.

 

I think we should be happy to apply to new advances in science and technology to problems we haven't been able to solve. Obesity is the perfect candidate and these drugs are proven to work. 

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On 10/15/2024 at 1:40 PM, Space Cowboy said:

Ozempic is not a weight loss drug. It's a medication for diabetes.
 

My diabetic father and many others who genuinely need Ozempic are having difficulty accessing it because many lazy fatties are using it for weight loss instead of dieting or working out.
 

I don't respect anyone who uses Ozempic to lose weight.

 

 

I don't understand how your dad is having a hard time getting it when anyone with a computer can not only order it but get free trials from a bunch of companies. Sounds like bitterness to me. 
 

 

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On 10/15/2024 at 12:06 PM, Subzero said:

I'm not a scientist/medical professional so someone correct/inform me, but maybe figure out what it is in this drug that causes weight loss and formulate it to something else so diabetics aren't losing out on important meds. Idk, like I said, not very educated on the subject but could be helpful to look more into and not just written off :celestial5:

Sure! The gist of this medications is that they mimic a hormone that reduces appetite. In our bodies this hormone has a short effect, whereas this drugs effect lasts up to a week. So less appetite > caloric deficit > weight loss. Reducing abdominal circumference is one of the primal recommendations to prevent diabetes, heart and other diseases, and it also helps with insulin resistance.
 

They also increase the insulin liberation, but that's something harder to explain here since it depends on the diabetes type and other complex things haha.

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That's great to get started but they also need to exercise and eat healthily. 

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so puberty blockers for trans kids got banned but injecting diabetes drugs into unemployed people is perfectly reasonable? :rip: i had low expectations of kid starver and streeting but this is tory-level ridiculous 

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