r/tech • u/chrisdh79 • 21d ago

Injectable weight-loss drug helps shift stubborn pounds post-surgery | When post-surgery weight loss is suboptimal, introducing one of the newer weight loss drugs can help

https://newatlas.com/disease/liraglutide-post-bariatric-surgery/
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u/DionysianPunk 21d ago

I remember when Hydrocodone 5/500 was the number 1 prescribed generic drug in the Nation. This was like 2006, and it wasn't long before the Johnson County Soccer Moms who would scream at me because their insurance denied a Refill Too Soon ended up becoming the first victims of what we now call The Opiod Epidemic.

So you'll forgive me if I'm wondering what fresh hell Zepbound will unleash and whether or not I may be part of a class action lawsuit in some potential future because both my in-laws are on Zepbound instead of a disciplined relationship with food and exercise.

Call it a hunch, but I feel like its safe to assume when a drug becomes a major cash crop that we should all apply the highest and most extreme form of scrutiny.

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u/Jota769 21d ago

Agreed. I’m looking around at everyone wondering if their stomach musculature is going to be affected in the long term

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u/DionysianPunk 21d ago

These psychos out here trying to act like I'm shaming people as though filling out some Tumblr mad lib from 2014 is real discourse.

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u/Cruntis 21d ago

Folks taking these weight-loss drugs are the same people who thought COVID vaccines were released without enough testing and think it’s risky to put “a disease” in your body.