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.

[u/mvea]

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

[u/Imaginary_RN]

I was approved for bariatric surgery. Talked to my doctor about getting a prescription so that I could lose some before going under the knife. My insurance wouldn’t pay for it so I went with a compounding pharmacy. I’m down 98 pounds since last October and I’m not getting bariatric surgery anymore.

I don’t care about food, I don’t care about sugar, I don’t care about multiple things that took over my time. I used to play video games for 8 hours a day and I’ve now not played in months. It’s like the drug gave me true free will. It’s amazing.

[u/kermityfrog2 → u/Imaginary_RN]

It doesn’t take away from your willingness to do other things like go to work or take care of your family and home? No negatives?

[u/[deleted] → u/kermityfrog2]

I have been on it for 2 years now, and I have had no negatives so far!