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Lose Weight Like a Billionaire with Ozempic, Wegovy and Maunjaro
- mrnobody_67 4y agoAn overview of the studies and data regarding the repurposed type-2 diabetes drugs that are now being used for weight loss by Elon Musk and other celebs. Curious to hear others experience with Wegovy, Ozempic, and similar..
- raincom 4y agoRecent discussion on a similar post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34246136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34246136 Some relevant articles/posts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33732863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33732863 https://erictopol.substack.com/p/the-new-obesity-breakthrough-drugs https://erictopol.substack.com/p/the-new-obesity-breakthroug... https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/semaglutidonomics https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/semaglutidonomics https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-semaglutide https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-co... https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/the-future-of-weight-loss/ https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/the-future-of-weight-lo... https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04505-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04505-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61112-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61112-0
- amalgamated_inc 4y ago> has users reporting 15-20% weight loss within a year with minimal side effects. That doesn't seem suuuper effective for a weekly injection type drug. If you reported 15-20% weight loss after a year on /r/keto, nobody would be very impressed. I suppose it could work for everybody whereas diets like keto typically only work for a subset (25% or so?) of people who try it, but I'd wait for a bit more than 3 anecdotes to draw that conclusion. We've had miracle fat loss drugs announced before. While I'm open to the idea these will work, I'm not holding my breath.