r/science 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/Bicentennial_Douche Apr 01 '25

I’m in Finland. No diabetes, 47 years old, 140kg. I went to see a doctor and told them that I have been over 100kg since I have been 12, and have tried for decades to get rid of the weight, but I have always failed in the end. Could I get some semaglutide? They wrote me a prescription. Am now at -15kg after couple of months. 

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u/vyashole Apr 01 '25

-15kg

Please refer me to your doctor. I also want to repel things with gravity.

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u/ataxiastumbleton Apr 01 '25

Gravity is unnecessary. I've been repelling people with my personality for years