A responsible doctor will never give her the drug. Too many bad side effects. She’s an 8/10 and wants to be a size 2. She’s not built that way so she would struggle to maintain an unnatural weight her whole life.

Most people who need that are obese and overeat high fat food. She’s a healthy eater and exercises so she is at an optimum weight for her.

She does not sound like she needs it. DCUM is full of freakishly skinny weirdos.

Your daughter does not meet criteria for semaglutide for weight loss so I would discourage her from taking it. I would be very leery of anyone who would willingly prescribe it to someone with a BMI of 25.

Here are the indications for Wegovy and other GLP-1 agonists for weight loss- these are the criteria responsible prescribing clinicians should be using.

WEGOVY is a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist
indicated as an adjunct to a reduced calorie diet and increased physical
activity for chronic weight management in:
• adult patients with an initial body mass index (BMI) of
o 30 kg/m2 or greater (obesity) or
o 27 kg/m2 or greater (overweight) in the presence of at least one
weight-related comorbid condition (e.g., hypertension, type 2
diabetes mellitus, or dyslipidemia) (1).
• pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with an initial BMI at the
95th percentile or greater for age and sex (obesity)

Signed,
MD who prescribes weight loss medications

When you are 18 it is so easy to lose weight. Why do it with horrible meds?

She is 18, and she can do what she wants, but you can't let her. Of course, you can refuse to pay for it as she probably doesn't have her own health insurance.

Absolutely not. These are new drugs; there are still things being learned every day about their side effects--some of them long-term. And the history of weight loss meds (anyone else here remember phen/fen?) is not great.

I would consider myself to have screwed something important up if my kid wanted to do this. No medication comes without risks.

Does she want to take this drug for the rest of her life? What I have read is that it works well but you are likely to gain everything back if you stop using it. This is not a use it to lose and develop better habits but a life time commitment. And it is a new drug, we don’t really know what the long term side effects to use if for a long time are.

It is her choice but it is not as easy as take it, lose weight, and stop.

no. maybe she needs to change her diet or vary her exercise.

i don't think a doctor should prescribe it for her, but i am sure some would.

Absolutely not. I would support her by changing the diet of everyone in the family and what food you bring in the house. And, offer to exercise together and make weight loss/control a family thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I would let her. Being overweight is an incredible burden and can impact her marriage prospects considerably.

Her bmi is normal. She isn’t overweight

BMI is 25 and change.
5'4" and high 140s weight.

No.

What diets has she done? Personally I would do a low carb diet before I tried medication. Reduces insulin levels also and I feel like would be incredibly successful for a kid this age.

Self control she’s 18 Jfc

Can she try a nutritionist first? My friend did that and lost about 30 lbs. Or even something like Weight Watchers could be good.

I don’t think it’s worth the side effects if you’re just trying to lose 10 lbs or whatever. If you’re at a point where you’re into the obese territory and the health risks from the ongoing obesity are worse than the side effects then yes.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd help her get a personal trainer and try that for 6 months first. Is she about to start college? If so, that would be even more helpful to try to avoid gaining weight as a freshman. I have a similar build and was always able to up the exercise and stay slim until I hit 45. Now absolutely nothing has worked, and my numbers were all bordering on unhealthy. I have gone on a very low dose of ozempic and got my weight back down some (down to 152). I intend to stay on it until I get to 135. I had never been that overweight, and it was even impacting my ability to work out (was starting to get arthritis and issues in my knees and ankles). I'd save the ozempic until she has exhausted everything else.

It's you. Hi. You're the problem. It's you.

Stop taking drugs for a vanity purpose when people who need them can't get them. These drugs are meant for those with A1C/diabetes issues and severe weight issues. Not because you hit pre menopause and aren't feeling "slim" any more.

Wegovy is approved for weight loss. It's the same medication as Ozempic under a different name. Try harder next time.

Also, if OP's daughter is paying for it herself, chances are she's going to a weight loss clinic and will be using compounded medication.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd help her get a personal trainer and try that for 6 months first. Is she about to start college? If so, that would be even more helpful to try to avoid gaining weight as a freshman. I have a similar build and was always able to up the exercise and stay slim until I hit 45. Now absolutely nothing has worked, and my numbers were all bordering on unhealthy. I have gone on a very low dose of ozempic and got my weight back down some (down to 152). I intend to stay on it until I get to 135. I had never been that overweight, and it was even impacting my ability to work out (was starting to get arthritis and issues in my knees and ankles). I'd save the ozempic until she has exhausted everything else.

It's you. Hi. You're the problem. It's you.

Stop taking drugs for a vanity purpose when people who need them can't get them. These drugs are meant for those with A1C/diabetes issues and severe weight issues. Not because you hit pre menopause and aren't feeling "slim" any more.

Wegovy is approved for weight loss. It's the same medication as Ozempic under a different name. Try harder next time.