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The marketing campaign is shameless. Over a catchy tune, the "Oh-Oh-Oh-Ozempic" TV commercials make a point of "winking" at the viewer by mentioning the weight loss side effect, as if it may be problematic, causing prople to perk up their ears and whether and where they can get their hands on some.

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Absolutely correct Dr. Paul. Weight control is not a matter of starving oneself but rather eating the right foods and avoiding the wrong foods. The right foods trigger your satiety hormones and avoid overstimulating insulin production. So many of the 'convenience' foods are largely composed of highly processed (low fibre, low Omega-3 ) carbohydrates which spike blood sugar and consequently insulin, promoting insulin resistance, constant hunger, weight gain, as well as promoting glycation (HbA1c) and chronic inflammation. Pills are not the answer, they will only suppress symptoms and allow the fundamental problems to fester and worsen.

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You're right Dr Alexander, but I would also add 'intermittent fasting', giving your body a rest from processing food to allow for the body's repair process to take place; at least that is what I've been told! Certainly works for me.

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I will never trust BIG PHARMA again and won’t take anymore of their drugs now that I know how wicked they are!

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My sister in law takes it for weigh loss. And she's a nurse. She also highly promotes the vaccine and believes in mandates, so I can't say she's adverse to putting harmful things in her body or does too much research on big pharma products. Kind of scary that a catchy commercial and celebrities can sway a person to take a drug.

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Pharma needs to be neutered.

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So what if diabetics can’t get the drug they need to control their blood sugar? At least the rich and famous can. Maybe they could hold a telethon for the unfortunate others and show off their hot new bods. Bods which eventually will morph into blobs once the celebs lose access to Ozempic or their body acclimates to it.

Hey, maybe some extra ClotShots will keep them gaunt and emaciated, among many other things.

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This is unreal, what will happen the wrong person will use the drug the wrong way and blame everyone else because it harmed them. Just like the idiots that put "HOT", "CALIENTE" coffee between their legs and burned themselves, YOU CAN'T HELP STUPID!!!

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I friend is taking it. He is/was morbidly obese 5'7" tall original weight approx 400 lbs (28.6 stones). I knows about it, makes him sick but has lost over 100 lbs (7.1 stones). His hope is to get to a weight were he can stop taking insulin.

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They should advertise it to the Hollywood types as:

"Safer weight loss than with cocaine!"

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One of the gals at the Chiropractor β€˜s office today was telling me about this drug being used for weight loss

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Internal Locus of Control: I will take charge of my life. I will be the one who will make the decisions regarding my life's course and direction, especially the life and death decisions regarding healthcare and my body, and accept responsibility for those decisions.

External Locus of Control: Events in my life, and the direction of my life, are beyond my control. I will relinquish this to experts who are better qualified than I, to determine what should be done with my body and my life. This absolves me of the need for thought, and responsibility for the outcome of my life.

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As an expert on the topic, I have seen Ozempic do things for people where every other intervention has failed.

What we do in life is balance risks vs benefits.

If I had the choice of using Ozempic or having a radical procedure where they cut and bypass my gut so that I will never digest food properly, Ozempic sounds pretty darn conservative.

I've seen patients on this medicine lose weight like never before and by doing so they are able to become more active and stop multiple medications because of the weight loss. They feel better, Live better, and are happier. I've never personally seen any serious reactions from Ozempic.

An analogy is High Blood Pressure medications. Do ppl like taking them? So they have Side effects? Do ppl like having heart attacks and strokes and kidney failure more than not taking a blood pressure pill?

All I am saying is that there is a time and place for this drug (and others). I agree that ppl taking it so they can lose 5-10 lbs so they can fit into their photo shoot dress while they fully plan to eat and drink themselves into oblivion at the reception is an abuse. Nothing will stop these ppl from abusing anything, including children.

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Intermittent fasting, yes! A most helpful process.

It is brainwashed fakery that a person MUST HAVE pharmaceuticals in order to control one's weight. All those pharmaceuticals that they think they must depend upon, lead to taking more and more pills and less and less responsibility for what they put in their bodies. They become more and more beholden to the MedicalPharmaceutical corporate system which desires not to actually HEAL, but to create chronic patients.

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They have hijacked mounjaro now as well. Ozempic loading and when weight loss plateaus they switch to mounjaro. πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™€οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™€οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ

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