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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why it is okay for people who are clinically obese to take semaglutides and continue taking them even when they have reached their goal weight (or more!), but it's not okay for someone who is only slightly overweight? Like the OP, I have struggled to lose 10-15 lbs for years. My BMI is 26.1, and I am on an 80MG statin. Some of my friends who are on semaglutides have BMIs around 20 now. But somehow it's okay for them to continue taking them, but I can't--even with my high cholesterol. Should I gain weight so I can take them?[/quote]

Because there are risks to taking the medication. The risks are worth the benefits to keep people from being obese, because that can kill you. The risks are not worth the benefit, medically, to help a person lose 20 pounds. (I feel discouraged that I need to explain this, but here we are.)[/quote]

I don’t think the science backs this up and furthermore people have different risk tolerances. [/quote]

DP.

Ok ... fine. Go ahead and take the Wegovy for the 15 pounds you need to lose to fit into that dress for your DS's wedding. Or whatever event.

And I hope you have the side effects I have had as I fight the obesity that has resulted from a medication I need to survive. And find yourself crying on the way home from lunch with your husband, like I did yesterday, because the pain of your bowels spasming is horrific and you think you might not make it to a bathroom. Or find yourself worrying about managing at your job because the fatigue is so debilitating. Or find yourself unable to fall asleep, and when you do the nightmares are horrible.

I won't wish the constipation on you -- having an impaction removed at an urgent care is something I wouldn't wish on anyone.

But by all means ... take this very serious drug for your 15 pound loss. I sure as hell wouldn't. But yeah -- people "have different risk tolerances." So. [/quote]

ya gotta wonder why some people are so triggered by someone wanting to lose 15 lbs. I think they have the bigger problem.
OP, if it was safe, I'd do it. Kinda looking at doing something like that myself. [/quote]

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