#diet meds

[repostedpoliticalarts]

Hi. My wife and I have both been on ozempic most of 2024. I was very against it at first. But then my liver was showing early signs of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and after trying to help with lifestyle changes and dietary adjustments nothing had an impact. My doctor suggested Ozempic could be what I turned the tide.

I lost 20 pounds and then stabilized. I would keep taking it into 2025 but my insurance decided they won’t cover it anymore since it’s being prescribed for an off-label use (which the MAJORITY of prescription drugs get prescribed for because they were designed for one issue but can help another, but this side effect is weightloss so only LAZY or VAIN people would want to use it for off-label uses, and we can’t have THAT! {of course I’m sure Aetna being able to deny coverage has nothing to do with it helping their bottom line to stop offering coverage.)

The good news. My liver is no longer showing signs of distress and I have Ozempic to thank. Every drug can have side effects and no one person reacts the same way as everyone else.

We don’t know what we don’t know, and while there are dangers and potential secondary problems, we can’t pretend this all about vanity and body shaming. There is a REAL need and unless you’re MY doctor you can fuck off with your opinion of what I should take for my fucking health.

In my wife’s case she started it for weight loss and found a very unexpected side effect. She stopped needing her anxiety meds. Turns out that a lot of women with blood sugar problems get misdiagnosed as having anxiety. Of course, since she doesn’t have diabetes she’s also losing coverage and will probably have to go BACK on anxiety medication because that is still the “official” diagnosis and the best option for now to manage the symptoms of what is likely not anxiety at all.

Everyone was just dog-piling here and I wanted to point out that there is real good and potential help in these drugs and rather than fear-mongering we should be sharing experiences, spreading awareness both of the risks and the benefits, encouraging our for-profit pharmaceuticals system to make the drugs safer and more affordable, and stop judging other people for their healthcare choices.

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.

[inthepalmofmyhand]

trying to stay productive so bad >.<

but I'm getting there...

Today I'll go study in the library, then I'll take part in a study for one of my psychology courses and finally in the evening I have schedualed a dance class with one of the most famous dance teachers in my country. Hope it will turn out good :3

[anteroom-of-death]

Why does this man have Aubreys literal ozempic meds on the cover???

[shotmrmiller]

I’m a vegetarian but ya know what? I’m down bad enough for this man that I will still love him regardless of what a weirdo he’s being lol

he'll never understand it but so long you don't try to spew some obsessive peta nonsense he's cool with it. might even grill you an eggplant whenever he has a bbq.

[uncanny-tranny]

One thing that always bothered me in high school (and still does, years after!) was touring a college and the tour guides went, "as a college freshman, you'll probably be susceptible to the Freshman Fifteen, so be careful!" as my tour group passed the college's gym complex (it was actually a pretty impressive gym, though, but that's beside the point).

Like, that just bothers me because... I wonder what is so different between American high school and American college that might contribute to weight gain (sarcasm intended)! Even taking 101 classes is very different from the classes you might take in high school, I don't think it's fair to hold your body to the standards you had in high school.

Absolutely, I think it's important to prioritize health for your body, but weight gain associated with major lifestyle changes are normal and why I remember this so clearly is because the threat of weight gain was treated as something that ought to scare us straight. If you gain weight in college, there's a reason why, and it isn't a horrific ordeal that you ought to feel ashamed of.

[perhaps-in-anotherdream]

[CN] Li Zeyan’s S2 CH 55-58 Karmas

“Give me a reason why I should comply with the rules.”

“I will remember the long journey we have walked together.”

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[werewolfbarista]

no........could it be ....? new stretch marks above my hips..............?! quick, someone praise me‼️‼️

[mulderscully]

guess who reversed their type 2 diabetes 😎

[darkwingsnark]

Wanted to apologize for the last week. A mixture of being incredibly sick and getting told at the last minute that we needed to use the week to work on our room has made me behind on creating and reblogging #Duckvember art.

Give me another day, and I promise to catch up. I am looking forward to seeing what you all have made.

[naamahdarling]

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[cozza-frenzy]

Someone decided to get in this box while I was trying to take out the recycling...

[lesbianwyllravengard]

so my general paranoia has always been pretty bad (hi ocd) but I thought it was more manageable the past few years as I've matured and gotten better at catching myself before I spiral, but recently (as in the past three weeks or so) it's been so bad that I do things impulsively as I'm spiralling without even realising it and it's been negatively affecting the way I perceive how friends think of me which I do NOT want to start happening again because that sucked. Idk why it's happening but I'd be grateful for any advice idrk what else to say about it.

[mikejudge]

i hate GERD/acid reflux so much bro i think i can get away with having popeyes spicy for dinner ONE time and now im fighting for my life

[savage-rhi]

*insert pink color here*

[pochapal]

did some digging and i THINK what actually is causing this new kidney decline is that back in may at my appointment they doubled the dose of one of my blood pressure meds that can really fuck up your kidneys if taken at high doses for a long time and lo and behold a month and a half later there's Problems

[astramachina]

being on testosterone while inhabiting a body that's falling apart, including a disease that went undiagnosed for twenty years and has rendered my insides permanently scarred to the point that i will never be able to live a pain free life, drives me fucking insane. because said disease is hardly studied in cis women, doctor are just left flustered and twiddling their thumbs when my ass entered the chat.

"testosterone should slow the progression" cool, then why am i getting flare-ups that increase in frequency and severity. "uuuuuuh a full removal will probably do the trick but honestly we tend to leave a chunk in to help regulate women's bodies so we have no fucking idea whether or not we should go ahead and do something similar to you so you should talk to your doctor--" idk how to tell you but YOU ARE MY DOCTOR.

i'm tired, scoob. yeah the pelvic pain/lower back pain sucks ass to the point where i have to walk hunched over, but even that pales to the anxiety of having my abdomen and chest be in pain. just. christ.