So many friends on GLPs
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
| I am not obese but need to lose 20 pounds to be my optimal weight. Where do I get a prescription? Will a medical weight loss place just prescribes it to anyone? |
Anonymous
I have been on compound for 2 years. My doctor is the one who told me about compounding and started me on it. She also taught me about the FDA drug regulation process and how it is a joke. She is the best. |
Anonymous
| Everyone with money is on it. If you don't want to be be on it, good for you. Don't judge. One day we will all be dead. Hopefully skinny and happy. |
Anonymous
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I've been on it for a for a year for diabetes. I'm still fighting to lose the last 5 lbs, but my A1C is better.
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Anonymous
Not ignorant of this at all but again nice try. Many reputable pharmacies will provide compounded semulglutide just like that have provided compounded drugs for decades. If you have a good primary care and trust your pharmacy there is absolutely zero problem. You know that but want just be a fear monger out of some weird jealously. It’s like you don’t want deserving people to have access to this drug. The US healthcare system is f’d and absolutely zero reason these name brand drugs should be so expensive. They are not this expensive in Canada or other countries. Pharmaceutical companies are simply taking advantage of our f’d up system to charge more So yea, I’ll get the same drug “ compounded” by a reputable pharmacy and pay half the amount. It works for me and millions of others so stop spreading fear. |
Anonymous
I've lost just over 20 lbs on Zepbound (went from 145 lbs at 5'7 to 124 lbs in about three months) and am now taking 1 mg per week for maintenance. I think I will never stop. I tried to taper back to 1 mg every two weeks but went back to my binge eating ways by the end of the 2 weeks. Those hunger pangs drive me mad and always have. I mourn the years of my life that I suffered with a cycle of binging and restricting and hating myself. Zepbound quiets the food obsession and dulls the hunger; it is wonderful and feels miraculous. I eat a normal sized meal and feel comfortably full for hours. I am so happy I started the med because for the first time in my entire adult life, I feel I can be slim effortlessly. I think it's great that your friends are honest about taking it. I tell not a soul. I am on compounded. |
Anonymous
Found the MAGA-always rude and you and your words are disgusting inside and out. |
Anonymous
Zero side effects here as well. I feel perfectly normal. |
Anonymous
| How do these medications work? Do people still need to diet or does it do the work for you? |
Anonymous
| Is anyone afraid of the inevitable news report that they are found to cause x,y,z? This is what keeps me from trying them out. |
Anonymous
Yes, you still have to diet (or otherwise eat less). It's just easier because you don't feel as ravenous all the time. |
Anonymous
No. It’s a new class of drugs that have been found to have very little side effects. There are even newer drugs in development now that solve some of the problems these drugs have - for example, there are drugs being developed for the maintenance of weight loss, and drugs being developed that reduce the frequency you have to take them. From 1x a week to 1x a month. Also drugs that are being developed orally instead of injectables There will be an explosion of people taking them because they’re so well tolerated. The health risks of being overweight and obese are significant enough where it’s easy choice to take GLP-1’s. |
Anonymous
I always wait a long time to see. I waited years before trying Botox. I only get it twice a year. I’ve seen some bad outcomes on glp-1 on some women that weren’t heavy prior to starting it. They look like they have wasting disease (brittle, toothpick legs, look older- we are in our 50s). I have been reading about studies if new drugs where they don’t waste the muscle as much. I’m fit - been an athlete, weight lifter etc my whole life. I gained a little weight (5-8 pounds) in my early 50s but for now was able to take it off by adding an hour walk at the end of the day (in addition to whatever workout I did earlier in the day) and eating more protein. I find a tablespoon of psyllium husk in a glass of water also makes me feel full and less likely to snack too much. I’m not opposed to glp-1 if I ever were gaining rapidly and not being able to lose it the usual ways. It is a lot of work to maintain weight- but it’s also healthy activities for the body that build strength and reduce risk of disease—the lifestyle choice of always moving and eating good things. |
Anonymous
| ^ I also don’t want to have to take something the rest of my life |