Do the Side Effects of Ozempic (Semaglutide) Outweigh the Benefits?
Any cost-benefit analysis to medical procedures or medications has to weigh short- and long-term effects and safety.
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Brilliant presentation
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In a nutshell: although the benefits of these drugs won’t always last, some side effects might. Also, we don’t yet know the long-term risks of taking these, and it is not sensible to trust the drug makers to monitor and report the full story.
Also, we do know the long-term side effects of being obese.
Tell that to the big 4 who are still forcing the mRNA leg waxing ceremony on the global community.
The first GLP med was approved 20 years ago (exenatide in 2005).
@SALVATl0N that sounds like denial to me.
There are no free lunches, and nothing beats whole food plant-based for health. There are so many unanswered questions, and it’s hard to fathom that there won’t be a price to pay if you stay on these drugs for a long time. But we know there’s a price to pay for being obese for a long time.
If you can’t stick to a whole food plant-based diet, and you need statins to lower your cholesterol, I’m glad those drugs exist to improve your quality of life. I guess these might fit into the same category. Time will tell.
Amen!
Danke!
Substitute the glp1 drug(s) here for the mRNA and it would be censored. Im glad to see that some commonsense and science dialogue is still allowed on YT.
“the mRNA” has ample evidence that the benefits far outweigh the risks (but yes, there are risks). And unlike GLP-1, your personal choice to abstain can affect others. But in both cases, I support your personal choice to abstain. Your employer may think differently, if you work around immuno-compromised individuals.
@pdblouin I guess you haven’t been looking at the research coming out of Japan and Italy, and even a paper from the Cleveland Clinic.
My sole point was that the claimed benefits of mRNA could not have been made due to the fact that there weren’t sufficient long-term studies.
@pdblouin OH, and I disagree with your premise re “ample” evidence supporting the benefits of the… if that point was made in my aforementioned txt.
Having to take a drug for life that costs $1000 per month outweighs the benefits.
People who would choose to take such injections for life instead of just eating a healthy diet need psychological care.
Great presentation until it went off the rails. First, we don’t have safety data for 3 years, we have safety data for over TWENTY years on GLP-1 drugs. Second, the effect doesn’t peter out, you just reach a weight plateau after which the drug MAINTAINS your weight. If the drug actually stopped working, you would regain all weight while on the drug. That is not what the outcome data shows. Weight stays off. In other words, the risk benefit doesn’t tilt towards the risk part over time, it stays firmly in the benefit camp as people keep reaping the enormous benefit of multiple disease risk reduction over time by not having obesity.
Do you have personal experience?
@@Mr.N0.0neYes, 3 years on tirzepatide.
If an inevitable blocked colon due to the slowing of your digestional system, permanent nausea, weight loss plateauing after a year (after-which it comes back after stopping the drug), losing more muscle than fat where the weight loss is actually fairly minimal and just a straight up more miserable life due to side effects isn’t enough to dissuade you nothing will. The info we have is thanks to the 20 years its been out, but compared to something like asprin, it isn’t enough data; it’s still fairly new relatively speaking.
I actually don’t really get what you are trying to say, it looks like you are looking for things to nitpick (for what?) but conveniently ignoring the big picture.
@zoombinifleen9362 the nit picking is all yours. Even Greger agrees that risks (which exist) are far outweighed by the enormous benefits with these meds. What is your point?
@@robertusga I thought I made it clear but I can make it clearer since you still didnt answer my question: why criticize the 20 year thing when theres so much more that we do know about the drug thats bad
EDIT: THe drug in a vaccum is “fine” i guess assuming you can live with the side effects but when compared to simply eating foods high in fiber (forget fruits and veggies this is specifically for losing weight, right?) why even subject yourself to all that misery? To me that just seems like defective thinking
Giving these drugs to children is a crazy idea, how about parents not feed there children on an unrestricted junk food diet.
Are you American?
@Mr.N0.0ne I am Australian as my screen name suggests.
I’m curious about the effect on bone density? Does glp1 medication have a negative or positive effect on bone density. I have osteoporosis and I dont know who to believe.
I highly doubt there would be any positive outcome to bones in long term.
The first GLP-1 medication (exenatide) was approved TWENTY YEARS ago in the USA. This isn’t a new or untested class of medication.
that does not mean anything if no studies or logs have been done/kept
@GioEarthling FDA requires log keeping of safety data. It’s called post-marketing surveillance.
It seems to me that the easy way out is to consume a high-fiber Mediterranean/DASH/MIND diet. The obesity rate would be MUCH, MUCH lower if this were the norm, and the population would be so much healthier.