An 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..
> 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.
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[ 5.5 ms ] story [ 16.1 ms ] threadCurious to hear others experience with Wegovy, Ozempic, and similar..
Some relevant articles/posts:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33732863
https://erictopol.substack.com/p/the-new-obesity-breakthroug...
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/semaglutidonomics
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-co...
https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/the-future-of-weight-lo...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04505-7
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61112-0
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.