The new “miracle” weight loss drug - Ozempic explained

[abschurr]

Prescription pharmaceuticals should not be advertised to the general public.

[sinecurve]

And yet Ozempic is advertised on every nightly news commercial break along with PD medication...

[Amarianee]

This trend infuriates me. My mum was recently diagnosed with diabetes, and due to her blood pressure medications and other factors, her doctor wanted to move her to Ozempic, because the diabetes medication she had her on, wasn't working very well. Unfortunately, the shortage, due to this vain stupidity, has made that nearly impossible. Thankfully, the last ditch effort of removing hydrochlorothiazide (because she consumes more than enough water for the blood pressure meds) seems to have mitigated the problem. That being said, that's not the case for everyone who very seriously needs this medication. Just rage inducing behaviour from entitled assholes.

[PurpleMoon]

its kinda disgusting how people with diabetes who actually need this can't get it because "omg i need to lose those 2 pounds"

[TheForeignGamer]

Yet again, rich folks are making the lives of the poor needlessly difficult due to their own selfish desires.

[Marie-Ray]

Important to differentiate - it only leads to weightloss because of less hunger. You don't get to eat how much you want and lose weight on this drug.

[erroldopp]

Why can’t videos like this exist for every new thing people misunderstand

[DenisJava]

This is really good! I’m diabetic. Please don’t take Ozempic if it’s not medically necessary.

[NoNo-zxgt]

As someone in desperate need of losing nearly 300lbs. I’m so glad I have access to ozempic. The side effect of being as big as I am is so much worse than the side effects of ozempic.

[HotTakeJake]

Wow, this is very pleasing to listen to, and very informative. More of these please!

[masdyrenee]

Fun fact: this medication slows gastric emptying and has a half-life of like 7 days... so surgeries have had to extend the amount of time people are not allowed to eat before procedures up to 3 days... because when you eat food, it stays in your stomach longer, and having food in your stomach during surgery greatly increases the risk that you will vomit into your lungs and die

[quinnbennettpelkey]

I work in a pharmacy and the shortage is real. We can't get certain strengths of ozempic for weeks because the manufacturers and the distributors just can't keep up. Then I have to tell someone who needs it that I can't order it from any of our suppliers and what their limited options are until we can get it again.

[elanchantel]

I feel this. I am a diabetic and it was helping me. But now it’s always out of stock :(

[EarthsGeomancer]

I keep seeing this drug being mentioned.

[ceddyy]

You didn't mention how expensive it is!!

[justacat]

My dad is a pharmacist, and he cannot fill many Ozempic prescriptions for diabetes because everyone is taking it for weight loss. He has to stock up every time it becomes available because people want it for reasons that aren't as medically important

[bland]

I did not expect ASAP science to be one of the channels that does the singing trend I didn't even know was actually a trend.

[cheerwinetimes]

My dad is a diabetic and was prescribed something like ozempic and he hasn’t been able to take it because no pharmacy has it. It’s terrible that people are taking away meds from people who actually need it just to go down a size.

[_ankushprasad_]

When did Dan Larusso left martial arts and started making these?😵‍💫

[jkdog]

Not enough people talking about how effective adding rhyme and song elements makes taking in this information way more pleasant.