What’s stopping you from trying a GLP / meds?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m chronically constipated. I’m on daily MiraLAX to go and can’t wean off despite a diet that many GI docs recommend to fight constitutional. Figured slowing down my already slow colon isn’t a great idea.

I also had same issue and use daily miralax. Now on GLP and it didn’t cause constipation, if anything made things move through better

This is me.

I also didn’t have hair issues. I had thinning hair before GLP-1, but went on minoxidil around the same time and my hair is better than it was before. My face got a little too thin at one point, but I just gained back a few pounds and it’s fine.

Honestly, the best thing is the lack of food noise. It’s amazing. After stressing and thinking about food and battling thinking about food constantly for 30 years it’s just … gone. It’s honestly so freeing.

[Anonymous]

I have bouts of gastroperesis and can't imagine injecting myself with something that gives you gastroperesis. It sucks.

My BMI is 26. Maybe if it was higher I'd consider it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t do it ladies. The weight will come right back, and then some. GLP’s suck you in and make it difficult to quit. I’m on one now…

Why would you "quit" a medication that works for you? Obviously if you "quit" the benefits go away. I'm also not "quitting" my Synthroid, and I didn't "quit" my oral contraceptive and hope to not get pregnant- I only "quit" it when I was ready to have a baby. Because, duh, stopping birth control means that the birth control stops working.

Stopping a weight loss medication means that the weight loss won't stay off.

So why not just keep taking it? Honest question.

Because of the side effects and cost. Many people DO quit birth control because of the side effects.

[Anonymous]

These drugs have been around for 30 years people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These drugs have been around for 30 years people.

Not for otherwise healthy people who want to lose vanity pounds. Enjoy the digestive cancers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These drugs have been around for 30 years people.

Not for otherwise healthy people who want to lose vanity pounds. Enjoy the digestive cancers.

Do you say this because you are:

A doctor?

Or a scientific researcher?

Or are you just blowing smoke out of your…well, you know.

[Anonymous]

I'm very much like the OP. I'm a very healthy eater (about 1600-1800 cals) and workout almost every day (weight training and cardio + always get 10-15k steps a day). At 42 yo, I'm 5'4 and 140 lbs. I'm athletic looking but my back and tummy are flabby despite targeting them at the gym. I cannot for the life of me lose 5 lbs. My vice is that I have about a 300 calorie dessert almost every night that I just cannot seem to quit. I'm thinking about doing GLP-1 but my primary thinks I'm crazy so I'd have to go the internet route. My hesitancy is cost and side effects. I like to lift heavy and find if I don't have enough calories that I can't lift how I want.

[Anonymous]

We are currently supporting a patient at the counseling center where I work who lost her husband to a rare, aggressive cancer potentially linked to GLP-1 usage. Her husband had been on a GLP-1 drug for eight months when a routine scan for a separate issue uncovered a rare and incredibly aggressive cancer. He had almost no symptoms, just a bit of localized pain, yet he passed away only a week after the news. All of his siblings were instructed by their doctors to stop taking their GLP-1 medications right away. I'm not sure what kind of cancer it is though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ozempic face, ozempic breath, sulphur burps, constipation, hair loss, vomiting, etc, etc...

I'm on GLP and have none of that. I did get to a spot where I thought my face looked gaunt, so I decided that I shouldn't be that weight. I slowly gained back 5lbs and now am maintaining this weight. I haven't had any burps, constipation, hair loss or vomiting... Yes I was nauseous the first couple of weeks but haven't felt that way in a year. I only inject 10-15 units though (40 was the weight loss unit dosage).

The only thing I don't like about GLP is that it's compounded. I wish it were OTC and I could easily just buy it. It was an American pharmacy and seemed okay but that's my least favorite thing.

Oh and the cost. The lowest I've found is $300 for 3 months, but I do think I save that much in food costs.

Can I ask who you went through to get it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haha I am too cheap! Figured i could just eat a lot less for free. And I did, lost 30 lbs.

LOL, this helped me lose weight last year, realizing that people on GLPs weren't starving so I could just eat a lot less and I'd be OK.

Unfortunately having trouble keeping it off, because I like treats more than I like being hungry, and at 5'1" my maintenance window seems to be not very high above my weight loss window.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm very much like the OP. I'm a very healthy eater (about 1600-1800 cals) and workout almost every day (weight training and cardio + always get 10-15k steps a day). At 42 yo, I'm 5'4 and 140 lbs. I'm athletic looking but my back and tummy are flabby despite targeting them at the gym. I cannot for the life of me lose 5 lbs. My vice is that I have about a 300 calorie dessert almost every night that I just cannot seem to quit. I'm thinking about doing GLP-1 but my primary thinks I'm crazy so I'd have to go the internet route. My hesitancy is cost and side effects. I like to lift heavy and find if I don't have enough calories that I can't lift how I want.

5'4", 140#, healthy, and physically fit.
You have no medical reason to be concerned about 5#, let alone going on medication.
Assuming you're female? Women have to face the biological fact that their bodies can change as they age. Does not indicate the need for weight loss or medication.
If you think a nightly dessert is a vice that you absolutely need or want to eliminate, then start with dessert only every other night.

[Anonymous]

I don't use GLP for all the reasons cited by others, plus the still uncertain long-term impacts. More studies are starting to come out about potential side effects as well as some potential risks of the less expensive compounded drugs despite coming through doctors' prescriptions. Regardless of the fact these drugs have been around for decades, they have not been used by such a broad spectrum of the population with such broad differences in physical situations. So those longer-term studies that may be more applicable have not yet been done.

I can't deny that it's tempting; but I have hypothyroidism, non-alcoholic fatty liver, pre-diabetes, tendon/ligament issues. I'm not interested in potentially worsening other issues or causing other complications. Additionally, I'm more likely to keep trying to eat better and to stay/become more active if I don't have the safety net of knowing my drug will keep my weight down. In the end, I think that's better for my overall health.

[Anonymous]

I was very thin and muscular with no effort for most of my life, then became fit but no longer super thin (size 8 as opposed to a size 2/4) around age 40, and then menopause/peri hit near 50 and I'm borderline plus sized. I have been resistant b/c I didn't want to regain the weight, and I have a sensitive stomach so was worried about side effects. But I've decided I should at least try them. I eat less than I've ever eaten and am twice my former size.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These drugs have been around for 30 years people.

Not for otherwise healthy people who want to lose vanity pounds. Enjoy the digestive cancers.

Do you say this because you are:

A doctor?

Or a scientific researcher?

Or are you just blowing smoke out of your…well, you know.

I said it because this is my hunch, based on feedback from my friends who take glps for vanity weightloss Their digestion is slowed significantly. Digestion should take no more than 72 hours from ingestion to elimination. You don't want waste sitting in your system for long periods. A pp said they'll wait 3 years, I think 10-15 is the sweet spot for science making the connection between glps and gastric/digestive cancers. It took 10 years for phen-fen to be pulled. Before that, it was a miracle weight loss drug. We'll see...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These drugs have been around for 30 years people.

Not for otherwise healthy people who want to lose vanity pounds. Enjoy the digestive cancers.

Do you say this because you are:

A doctor?

Or a scientific researcher?

Or are you just blowing smoke out of your…well, you know.

I said it because this is my hunch, based on feedback from my friends who take glps for vanity weightloss Their digestion is slowed significantly. Digestion should take no more than 72 hours from ingestion to elimination. You don't want waste sitting in your system for long periods. A pp said they'll wait 3 years, I think 10-15 is the sweet spot for science making the connection between glps and gastric/digestive cancers. It took 10 years for phen-fen to be pulled. Before that, it was a miracle weight loss drug. We'll see...

Studies so far seem to show the opposite. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/latest-news/can-glp-1s-help-reduce-the-risk-of-cancer.html