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The amount of disguised ads I've seen for Ozempic is disturbing. Fake reddit posts with fake comments and fake upvotes.
by BigParm 2y ago
The amount of disguised ads I've seen for Ozempic is disturbing. Fake reddit posts with fake comments and fake upvotes.
- nradov 2y agoThere's a growing industry of telehealth providers which exist only to write semaglutide (Ozempic) prescriptions after a brief video chat. I think some of them are linked to compounding pharmacies. It wouldn't surprise me if some of them are astroturfing online forums for marketing.
- carabiner 2y agoLink? I've noticed HN is pretty paranoid/delulu about stuff like this.
- guelo 2y agoWhat about an $8 million super bowl ad yesterday for a GLP-1 prescription mill? It's like the new crypto coin hype.
- ryandvm 2y agoI'm not saying there's not a lot of hype here, but unlike crpyto, this is actually solving problems. I'm not going to get into a discussion about willpower and calories and all that, but GLP-1 drugs do effectively cause weight loss. That is bound to be big business.