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Re:Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more by Retric on Friday May 19, 2023 @08:22PM (#36008251)
There’s huge tradeoffs people rarely talk about in Medicine. Significant risk of soiling yourself vs a statistically significant reduction in risk of early death isn’t a big deal for the FDA.

In many cases the hell that is chemo is considered acceptable for even moderate increases in expected lifespan. That’s why people started talking healthy life expectancy vs just life expectancy.

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Re:Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more by AtlasBarfed on Friday May 19, 2023 @08:56PM (#36008432)
Well duh, if you discuss the side effects with patients, they won't take the drug and the drug people won't send you hookers.
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Re:Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more by lazyasciiart on Friday May 19, 2023 @09:17PM (#36008543)
Bizarrely enough, the pressure doesn't always go in that direction.
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