Do Ozempic & Wegovy Only Suppress One's Desire To Eat

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9. I would be very surprised if Trump were on Ozempic

He shows none of the markers for it.

That said, it's now a mass market medication. GLP-1 agonists have been around for about 20 years, but now a much, much larger population are taking them. So, we'll probably see firmer evidence of adverse effects of the drug. But it also has to do with self-report.

Brain fog is a sticky one, because it can be used to describe different conditions and we're relying on a patient's description of cognition. There are also other underlying or related causes. Are they getting enough sleep? When they do eat, are they getting adequate nutrition? One of the sticky wickets is that, sure, Ozempic reduces hunger, but then what are people eating when they do eat? If you're not getting sufficient vitamins, fats, and proteins, the brain is going to be affected.

It's actually more crucial to have nutritionally dense food when you're eating significantly less of it. How many people are making that lifestyle change, and how many are just using it as a shortcut to fewer calories? Are people including exercise, or are they now both not eating and not being sufficiently active because they figure they don't have to.

At the end of the day, it's going to take time and statistically sound studies to really unravel what mass prescription of this stuff does.

I'm neither for nor against Ozempic. It's a drug like any other. And like other drugs that suddenly hit mass market and then problems became clearer with a larger cohort to study, I imagine researchers will discover a few things along the way.