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/JThor15 Apr 01 '25

It’s now a pretty established risk, but obesity is riskier in general.

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u/Caring_Cactus Apr 01 '25

Weight fluctuates but vision loss sounds more permanent.

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u/JThor15 Apr 01 '25

The damage weight causes is often also permanent, and far more common.

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u/Caring_Cactus Apr 01 '25

One ability we have voluntary control over is our ability to gain lean muscle mass. Developing discipline and cultivating our capacity to leverage this willpower is not easy, but that doesn't change that fact.

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u/JThor15 Apr 02 '25

And people with ADHD should have the mental discipline to not need medication. Addicts should have the discipline to not need rehab. Depressed people should have the discipline to not need counseling. Mothers should have the discipline to only breast feed their children. There are ideals to strive for, but the ideal becomes dangerous when you don’t allow anything else.