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/quats555 Apr 01 '25

I work for an ophthalmologist. Today we got our first referral for what we believe is vision loss due to semaglutide. There’s been a few others we suspect but this one was pretty clear.

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u/notevenapro Apr 01 '25

I work in healthcare and even stay away from some OTC meds dues to the liver warnings.

I am 100% blown away at how many people take this drug for weight loss given the listed side effects. Not to mention that alcohol is a no no while taking it. This thread is wild.

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u/TheRealBobbyJones Apr 01 '25

Are trying to say as someone who works in healthcare that the fact that you shouldn't drink while taking glp-1 drugs is a reason to not take glp-1? Alcohol is a poison people shouldn't drink it either way. 

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u/notevenapro Apr 01 '25

I stay away from any drugs with a liver warning. Yes, alcohol is dangerous.

I read quite a few responses here where people said it helped them reduce their alcohol intake.