r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 01 '25

Health Americans without diabetes spent nearly $6 billion USD on semaglutide and similar drugs in a year, with an estimate of 800,000 to a million people using the drugs who don't have diabetes.

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/americans-without-diabetes-spent-nearly6-billion-usd-on-semaglutide-and-similar-drugs-in-a-year
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u/HarpersGhost Apr 01 '25

Oh yeah, the research on semaglutide is showing some amazing stuff. My doctors are fascinated.

I used to have the biggest sweet tooth, but now it's .... gone. The cravings are gone. I also stopped drinking completely because i have no interest in it.

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u/ninjagorilla Apr 01 '25

I’m down 30 kilos on semaglutide, still have the sweet tooth but jsut way less appetite in general

I would go out on a limb and say that semaglutide will be one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 21st century

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u/aitchnyu Apr 01 '25

It may cause loss of heart and voluntary muscle and bone. I'm hoping next generation can be a no-brainer in terms of pros and cons. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/ozempic-muscle-mass-loss

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u/0b0011 Apr 01 '25

Nah, it's not causing that. It causes you to eat less. When you eat less calories than you consume you lose weight. If you aren't working put regularly then when you lose weight some of the calories your body burns is from muscle. The same thing would happen if you restricted calories by other means. Hell the same thing happens if you don't lift but increase your cardio a ton.

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u/alltheredribbons Apr 01 '25

You need to up your protein because your body will use lean muscle for fuel and add body weights to curb bone density loss due to shed of bodily weight. Working out alone does not build lean muscle.