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AKG's avatar

Already my local newspaper has front page banner ads that say, "Have you taken Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus, or Mounjaro and been hospitalized for gastroparesis, stomach paralysis, or gastric blockage?" That alone would scare me off! If the side effects are so bad that lawyers are already seeking litigants, it seems like things are bound to go south for the vanity weight-loss crowd.

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Joan Breibart's avatar

Vanity?? 70% of Americans are too big-- and 60% are obese. MORBID OBESITY is our fastest growing category. Maybe some of those huge bodies should have had bariatric surgery where your stomach is reduced to s the size of a toddlers.

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AKG's avatar

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. I have a friend who went on one of these drugs (obtained at a pop-up strip-mall clinic) to lose 20 lbs. That was what I meant by vanity. I know most Americans are overweight or obese but I don't think these drugs are necessarily the way to alter the landscape unless obesity/diabetes is more of a threat to one's life than gastroparesis, and I'm sure it sometimes is.

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Joan Breibart's avatar

Why would I be offended other than I have spent 83 years looking at ugly bodies. In fact, Americans are so messed up because of their gluttony guilt -- one of the SEVEN deadly sins-- and their hatred of their appearance and their nonstop lying-- no dieting without lying-- so Trump is appealing. This issue is so much more than anyone knows. I have watched my entire life.

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