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That's an interesting remark, considering this is most famous drug on the face of the Earth, and only has one brand name worldwide (in a different dosage it's c
by istultus 2y ago
That's an interesting remark, considering this is most famous drug on the face of the Earth, and only has one brand name worldwide (in a different dosage it's called Wegovy, and when it's released as a pill it will be called Rybelsus). Its generic name is Semaglutide.
- bgnn 2y agoThis is the first time I'm hearing about it. It seems here it's only prescribed to type 2 diabetes partients and doctors are strictly prohibited from prescribing it for weight loss.
- DiggyJohnson 2y agoYes that might be what you read online but in reality there are 5 people at my work out of a team of ~35 on the medication purely for weight loss. Only one of these people was majorly obese, and the other 4 were nominally overweight (though probably technically obese). Roughly 15 million Americans are on Ozempic, and about half of them do not use it at all for Diabetes treatment.
- vintagedave 2y agoWouldn’t the most famous drug be: aspirin, heroin, cocaine, paracetamol, or maybe viagra? I don’t know from your comment what it is, and it was unhelpful. Not really in the HN spirit. For future readers, it seems to be an anti-diabetic drug or artificial hormone originating in the 70s. More educated comments than mine are very welcome.
- brewdad 2y agoParacetemol proves the original complaint. In the US, we know it as acetaminophen.
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- Arubis 2y agoI had never heard of this drug before today.
- kbelder 2y agoIt's the biggest thing in the world, in small niche groups.
- thefz 2y ago> this is most famous drug on the face of the Earth I swear in Europe if you stop 10 people on the street, 9 will ask you what the hell you are talking about
- dark-star 2y agolol what? Have you heard of Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Paracetamol? I bet you that by far more people know those three than "Ozempic".