The problem is when someone does NOT put in the effort to talk to their doctor, meet with a dietician, learn about healthy eating, and put in an honest effort to improve their life before just popping a pill.
That said, i think it’s great that’s it’s helping people who otherwise would just be obese and have many other health issues due to that. It’s a big risk factor.
It's funny how obesity is the only chronic medical condition that garners a huge volume of your particular kind of comment.
Would you be mentioning this for someone prescribed a diabetic, blood pressure or cholesterol medication? Statistically, likely not. So maybe take a step back, and examine why are you so averse to other people losing weight with medication?
if you are type 2 diabetic, that means you’ve probably been eating poorly for a long time. The happy path here is that one goes to a checkup and learns they are pre-diabetic, and their PCP refers them to a dietician. The patient hopefully learns how to make healthy food choices for themselves. All of this so they don’t develop type 2 diabetes. Maybe even temporarily prescribe a low metformin dose while they figure out the lifestyle changes needed.
If they struggle and lifestyle interventions fail, then of course, they should be prescribed insulin so they don’t have further devastating complications as they get older.
The same can be said for ozempic. What kind of lunatic would suggest starting ozempic without FIRST giving honest education and lifestyle adjustments a try? That should be step 1. And i’m talking proper education from a licensed dietician, not silly blogs or advice people see on tiktok these days. If step 1 fails, proceed to medication.
That’s my perspective at least. Big pharma isn’t your friend. It’s a backup plan and a necessary evil in most cases (with obvious exceptions like vaccines, antibiotics, etc)
What kind of lunatic would suggest an approach that evidence does not support as being effective? Lifestyle modification, at the population level, just doesn't work. GLP-1 agonists do.
I agree that at the population level, this will be a game changer. As you say, the average person struggles with lifestyle adjustments.