• CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    “Weight Watchers files for bankruptcy as old weight loss scams are supplanted by new weight loss scams”

    Fixed the headline for them.

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      2 months ago

      Wegovy/Saxenda whatever others are (GLP-1) inhibitors aren’t a scam, they work.

      They are absurdly expensive for the benefit they bring. Of course, fat lot of good it does if you don’t use it to the full extent so you can actually get off of it.

      • Trimatrix@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Or get caught up in the crossfire where Metformin makes you shit your pants and a new drug for managing your A1C comes out (ozempic) which doesn’t make you shit your pants. Only for a few years later get denied insurance coverage for it because you obviously are using it to lose weight.

        • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org
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          2 months ago

          In theory once you stay at a dosage of metformin for long enough the unfortunate side effects go away. In practice it’s been a year and I still can’t trust a fart.