#OZEMPIC

[searchingwardrobes]

I have been debating sharing this for some time, but with the new year weight loss ads amping up, I feel it's something I have to say. I'm worried for people's health.

Unless you've been living under a rock, you probably already know about people taking the diabetic drug ozempic for weight loss. You've probably heard the debates about the ethics of taking needed drugs away from diabetes patients and maybe even the side effect of "ozempic face." However, there is one side effect of taking these drugs that, in my opinion, people are not being warned about.

If you carefully pay attention to the television ads, you will hear them mention "pancreatitis" as a possible side effect. If you're like me a decade ago, that word probably means nothing to you. Let me warn you, however, it is no minor thing. My husband suffered from chronic pancreatitis for five agonizing years. The pain is beyond comprehension. Doctors who specialize in the pancreas describe it as the worst pain a human can endure. There is no actual cure. Little is understood about the disease, so treatment is difficult. Doctors who understand it are few and far between. It took my husband forever to get diagnosed. He went through multiple surgeries and procedures, but nothing worked. He had to go on an extremely limiting diet. If he varied from it in any way, he would have an attack. The only way to recover from an attack was to not eat at all for days, then slowly add in broth and jello. Did he lose weight? Yes. As a matter of fact, one day he stepped out of the shower, and I burst into tears at the sight of him. He was skin and bones - I could count every rib. Was it worth it to be thin? If you even ask that question, I'm concerned for your mental health.

They couldn't figure out exactly why my husband got pancreatitis. At that time, they thought only alcoholics and drug addicts got pancreatitis. This made it difficult to get compassionate medical care, unfortunately. Now they know that prescription medication (particularly diabetic medication) and high cholesterol can also cause it. Then there is another group - where they just don't know. But you better believe I would hesitate to take any medication that could cause pancreatitis. I would weigh my options carefully to assess if it was worth the risk. In my opinion, weight loss is not worth that risk.

My concern has been heightened seeing the Hers commercials for these drugs (under different names, but rest assured, it is the same thing). These commercials brag that you can get these drugs from Hers with just a simple virtual call, no questions asked. I wonder if people are fully aware of the risks of these drugs. I also wonder if we even know all of the risks yet. I also fear that the culture around these drugs could develop into an us vs. them mentality. That if it's so easy to be thin, why wouldn't you be? And some are getting dangerously thin on these drugs.

I know some diabetics who are on these drugs, and necessarily so. They tell me that it causes nausea when they eat. That's why they don't eat much. Again, that doesn't sound like a pleasant way to live. If you need it to regulate your blood sugar, that's one thing. But if you don't? Why would you do this to yourself?

My husband is now healed of pancreatitis. It was a miracle. You may not believe in that sort of thing, but I'm telling you, there is no other explanation. We had exhausted every medical solution, then the pandemic hit. We were concerned because hospitals were only taking life or death cases. What if he had a bad attack and needed an iv of pain meds? What would we do? Weeks passed - no pain. A month passed - no pain. Six weeks passed - no pain. He decided to grill a steak - something he hadn't been able to even take a nibble of in 5 years. I watched him take a bite, holding my breath. Nothing. He ate the whole thing. No pain. Five years later, still no pain. The doctors can't explain it, either.

So our story has a happy ending. Not everyone else's does. I hope people take the time to read this. If you do, please, please share it. I don't want anyone suffering needlessly.

[anaskyblog]

All I want for Christmas🤗

[mysharona1987]

I feel if you really want to put people off Ozempic you should play up this side affect.

[labadz]

inni ludzie prężą mięśnie przed lustrem tym czasem ja która próbuje nastawić się pod takim kontem i tak wciągnąć brzuch żeby było widać jak najwięcej kości

[lilithisapintrestacddict]

I NEED OZEMPIC

[girlboss-girlblog]

summer wishlist: ozempic, boyfriend with dreamy eyes, a desire to live

[daisymaeze]

the goof thing is no more art block and the fact i did this in like 1 hour and 40 something minutes!!!! edit: so lie im confident this will get 100 lieks later so if it does i MIGHT draw someones sp oc (JUST ASK ME AND SEND UR SP OC !!)

[dogruolan]

OZEMPİCİNFO - SİLVER

Ozempicinfo.net: Sağlığınız İçin Bilgilendirici Kaynak - Ozempic Hakkında Her Şey!

Ozempicinfo.net, önemli sağlık konularında detaylı ve güvenilir bilgiler sunan bir kaynaktır. Sağlığınızı ilgilendiren konularda bilinçli kararlar almanıza yardımcı olmak için buradayız. İşte Ozempic hakkında merak edilenler ve sitemizin size sunduğu avantajlar:

Ozempic Nedir? İşte Detaylar:

Ozempic, şeker hastalığı (diyabet) tedavisinde kullanılan etkili bir ilaçtır. Sitemiz, Ozempic'in nasıl çalıştığı, kullanım şekli, yan etkileri ve avantajları gibi detaylarıyla bu önemli ilacı anlatır. Sağlığınız için bilinçli kararlar almak için Ozempicinfo.net'i ziyaret edin.

Ozempicinfo.net'te Neler Bulacaksınız?

Sitemizde Ozempic hakkında geniş bir içerik yelpazesi bulunmaktadır. Doğru dozajdan yan etkilere, klinik çalışmalardan kullanıcı deneyimlerine kadar çeşitli konularda detaylı bilgileri bulabilir, sağlığınızla ilgili kararlarınızı bilgi temellendirmesine dayandırabilirsiniz.

Sağlıklı Yaşam Yolculuğunuzda Rehberiniz: Ozempicinfo.net!

Ozempicinfo.net, Ozempic ve benzeri sağlık konularında size rehberlik eden, güvenilir ve kapsamlı bir bilgi kaynağıdır. Sağlıklı yaşam yolculuğunuzda en doğru kararları almak ve bilinçli bir şekilde hareket etmek için Ozempicinfo.net adresini ziyaret edin. Sağlığınıza odaklanın, bilgiyle güçlenin!

[amaditalks]

Every year all of the big diet companies have to come up with some brand new labeling for their plans in order to encourage people to get on the January weight loss train.

This year, Weight Watchers is going further than they’ve ever gone before, by announcing that they have created a new system to give their members access to prescriptions for drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro.

Let me remind you that these drugs only work while you’re taking them. As soon as you stop, all of your appetite comes back. Your desire to eat returns, and because it has been artificially suppressed it may feel much stronger and less controllable than it was before you took the drugs. Many people who come off these drugs, usually because of cost (because insurers are balking at coverage for weight loss) or shortages (because so many people are taking them for weight loss, which is leaving the diabetics who need them up shit creek) or side effects report that the first weeks are really difficult, mentally painful and often binging occurs.

Additionally, all of these drugs carry a real risk of creating a terribly painful and potentially deadly condition called Gastroparesis, in which your gastrointestinal system just stops functioning, you cannot digest and process food at all.

You do not need to lose weight to be healthy. You do not need to lose weight to be beautiful or attractive, to have success, or love. You do not need to lose weight in order to pursue fitness. If you have particular health needs or goals that can only be achieved by changing the way you eat, (e.g. lowering cholesterol or blood glucose or addressing gastro issues) that does not mean that you need a weight loss diet plan, just one designed toward your needs.

But more than anything, you do not ever need to put another penny into the coffers of the multibillion dollar weight loss industry, which, if it actually had a way to take a fat person and make them thin permanently (something that cannot even be achieved by surgeries that drastically rearrange digestive systems) would be a multi quadrillion dollar industry instead. 

[bunnigwen]

Christmas List.

Dick.

New vape.

Peter Parker.

Dick.

Ozempic.

[tobeabatman]

Here’s your reminder that permanent ”fat to thin” weight-loss is not observed or backed-up by research.

If you’re fat, then you’ll most likely never be thin for long. Anderson JW, et al. found in a 2001 meta-analysis of 29 long-term weight-loss studies, that participants maintained an avarage of 3.0 kg or 23% of their initial weight-loss after 4 or 5 years.

These studies had participants’ initial weights ranging from 73.5 kg to 148kg (btw, participants weighting 140.1 were the ones to initially lose the most weight on avarage: 44.2 kg). And I’m sorry, but a 3 kg maintained weight loss is never going to make even a short 95 kg weighting person thin, even less so a 148 weighting one.

From what I’ve observed, there is absolutely no research to support that permanent weight-loss can be achieved, with, but especially not without, surgery.

We are sold a lie of how our bodies are supposed to look, and then we are sold surgeries, pills, courses, mentorships, gym memberships, more surgeries, books, exercise equipment for weight loss, powders, and did I mention surgeries??

It’s bullsh*t.

Happy weekend!

[ludosmith]

Melhor coisa é não gastar com comida.

[short666bread]

Some doodles for this fic :) go check it out, along with @s0lifuge ‘s newly minted tumblr (18+) !!

[mysharona1987]

When even the celebrities openly acknowledge it is terrible but will make money so they still endorse it.

[jeezusthecreator]

Christina Aguilera for PAPER Magazine.

[classycookiexo]

Clock that tea