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Jørgensen pointed out how drugs were only 10% of medical costs and that the real issue was obesity and the many diseases that accompany it making the drugs requ
by datavirtue 2y ago
Jørgensen pointed out how drugs were only 10% of medical costs and that the real issue was obesity and the many diseases that accompany it making the drugs required in the first place.
No one seemed interested in the truth.
- ImJamal 2y agoIt is easier to take a drug than to eat better and work out.
- DangitBobby 2y agoI'm not obese and still have a prescription. Same with my wife, except she has 3. What now?
- ImJamal 2y agoYour wife has 3 prescriptions for Ozempic? We aren't talking about random prescriptions here...
- AStonesThrow 2y agoMost of the drugs that I've been offered have weight-gain as a prominent and common side effect. Some parents even got irate about gynecomastia, which is typically not seen isolated from obesity. How many drugs on the market have "loss of appetite/weight" as a side effect? Probably none, outside of the ones currently labeled for it. And methamphetamine. Well, there was also AZT, Fen-Phen... Didn't heroin help a few folks slim down a bit? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin_chic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin_chic