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??? They're going to be trying to get on a weight loss drug, not an "impulse control drug". And I don't see why you would assume there's little overlap between
by sfpotter 2y ago
??? They're going to be trying to get on a weight loss drug, not an "impulse control drug". And I don't see why you would assume there's little overlap between people who desperately want to lose weight and people who drive drunk.
- lurk2 2y agoFrom the article: "We're not just talking about weight loss. We're discussing the first medication that effectively regulates human impulse control. Think about that." > I don't see why you would assume there's little overlap between people who desperately want to lose weight and people who drive drunk. This is only a hunch, but I would guess that drunk driving is associated with low conscientiousness and that the sorts of people who are going to go through the trouble of getting medicated to lose weight are unlikely to be the sorts of people who drive drunk in the first place. Maybe I was misinterpreting the point he was trying to make.
- sfpotter 2y agoThe way ozempic is currently marketed is as a weight loss drug. People can be overweight for many reasons. Impulse control might be one of them. Drunk driving is associated with low impulse control due to being drunk. Being drunk might be associated with the kind of lack of impulse control that ozempic targets.