The FDA is expected to approve the diabetes drug tirzepatide for weight loss, but questions over pricing remain.
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I take it for my Type 2. The one side effect I don’t like is nausea. I can’t eat like I use to. Not worried about weight just my diabetes. My Dr. asked that I keep check on weight so not to lose two pounds a week. But nausea is my biggest issue.
Just cut your carbs out. That’s what I did, and literally, I feel 25 again. I’m 57. My numbers all came down. Off meds within 3 weeks. Lost 48 lbs. Doing it this way, your body won’t lose, once it is where it needs to be. If you want to gain a few lbs, then you just add a few carbs into you meals. It’s not necessary to starve the weight off. I’m never hungry because fat is filling. The diet recommendations from our dear govt, suggests 60% of our diet be carbs! That’s an insane amount, considering we don’t have to eat them to thrive, as our own livers make glucose when needed. They just want to sell you their drugs and treatments and will keep you sick in order to do that, with drugs and treatments. I want everyone to feel as good as I do right now.
Look up a video,”the magic pill” and also Dr. Berry on YouTube.
I WAS type 2 by the way
People paying to feel sick is… Sick! And not necessary! Fear is a great motivator, and I don’t plan on eating high carb, as I NEVER want to feel that bad again! Once you’ve felt truly GOOD, you won’t WANT to go back to carbs.
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Gaining weight has to do with over eating. Let’s not over eat.
Why would I want the side effects when I can cut out carbs and actually heal my body without having diarrhea and vomiting two days a week. Plus it only lasts for 5 days. Ive read comments of users, that seem happy to puke and have diarrhea for days. Let’s don’t tell folks the truth about what we’re eating and how carbs are literally killing this nation! Plus who wants to pay that much, just to feel like crap 2 days a week?
The rich get it all 😢First they where using up a medication that was meant for people with diabetes which they actually need in order NOT TO DIE!!!! In order to loose weight. Now they’ve got this but the people who need it for health reasons once again can not afford it so that’s nice. Sometimes I think the medical industry likes wasting money more than making it. Or cause big pharma wants to make money but the government should step in and see there’s extremely cheaper medical things one can do instead of all this medication for other things like people with back problems. Pay for a chiropractor and a gym membership instead of giving people meds or even fat shaming them instead of realizing that helping them in these ways will save them so much money and help the person with many health problems.
All you need is meth
Accept in the long run, insurance companies would save a lot of money by helping people with their weight problems. They would no longer be needing to shell out money for all the medical issues related to obesity.
Humanity’s time and resources should not be devoted to making this crap chemical. FAT PEOPLE, need to quit shoveling food in their fat gullets. That’s it. Being FAT isn’t a medical problem. It’s a personal choice, self control problem. If you like it, live it. But acting like society needs to make, sell, and profit off drugs like this is pitiful. It’s not necessary at all. Don’t burden societies resources because a person is fat.
I honestly hope it doesn’t get approved for specificly weightloss because it’s already back-ordered and hard to get as it is.
This stuff has been a miracle for diabetics like myself. I went from an A1C of a 12 to a 7.5 in three months, after TEN years of trying to get it down. I went from using 700 units of insulin a week to barely needing 150 units.
Let it be used to help treat people who need it for way more than it’s weightloss side effects.
It’s already marketed separately under a completely different brand name as a weight loss medication. I can’t recall the exact name, but it begins with a “W”.
@Carlos J Acosta thorrens Why?
Thank you 🙏 I have high blood sugar and I take this and it’s so on back order because people that don’t need it getting it and folks like me that depend on it for sugar levels can’t get the right amount needed it’s awful 😢
I got a cheap weight loss drug for ya…. Everyone can afford it…. But it may cost you everything you every owned and will every obtain in the future
Here we go with another drug that will cause medical issues in the long term. Smh
My wife took this for awhile. It really did help for weight loss. But the more she read the more scared she became of this. While it does help with weight loss, studies indicate you don’t gain most of the normal health benefits of that weight loss. Additionally it can lead to cancer and other health risks that could be worse than the risks of excess weight.
Here we go, Let the rumor spreading begin. How did your wife determine that it can cause cancer when actual doctors with medical degrees and researchers determined it will not. 😅
According to the National Institutes of Health, obesity and overweight together are the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States. An estimated 300,000 deaths per year are due to the obesity epidemic. Just a little food for thought
@Fix It With Fire It’s mostly poorer people that die, because they have worse lifestyle in general due to lower incomes, and they’re the fattest as cheap food is fast, fat, unhealthy food. Out of those 300 000 deaths, how many could really afford that 1000$/month drug ? even if they could barely afford it, the lack of money for other life things could well outweight (pun not intended) the good effects the drug may bring them. They may be skinnier, but if they work twice as hard in order to afford the drug, then it’s just counterproductive. It’s a bit more complex then just numbers on a sheet. Rich people that can afford this drug can do much simpler, drastic measures like surgery. i’m not saying it’s a better option, but rich people tend to not have a lot of time and take the simpler option. or they just hire a personal cook, dietetician, and other people to work for their diet to be perfect. Who is this drug gonna benefit ?
@Chronotone Yep, exactly, people are completely delusional on this. If you want to solve the obesity problem in America you start with inequalities. Western countries that redistribute resources better than the US (meaning ALL of them) also have a much better average body mass index…
At least for me the secret to weight loss is a healthy diet and at least 6,000 steps each day. Sadly that does not work for my wife, because chronic pain prevents her from doing most forms of excercise, and if she eats the same healthy diet as me scaled to her calory needs she just yo-yo diets because she needs to count calories, I don’t. The same as what I do without those 6,000 steps.
Im a vet and having similar problems, Looking at getting an ebike since i also developed Myalgia in case i cramp up i can get home and ill us assist for exercise otherwise, my knees act up trying to walk, I feel if i dont so something im going get fat and die painfully.
Weight loss is always very different for woman then it is for men. Men can usually lose weight very easily. Woman have a harder time, mostly because of hormones.
Coke a Cola should add it to their drinks to boost sales.
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How much did Ely Lilly pay for this “promotion” and shouldn’t you disclose that?
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We should have a fat camp. The government rides around and kidnaps the fat people and takes them to the Camp.
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mmmm i dont trust it. keep your third eye open folks
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It’s easy to lose weight. Heres a tip: STOP SHOVELING IT IN FATTY! 2 meals the size of your fist. Thats it.
Eat less, move more. I just saved you from side effects.
Gym memberships are cheaper
Lmao
Workout >
Just waiting for the zombies….
The food industry needs changes. So many things have additives that aren’t supposed to be in food, serve no nutritive purpose, or are known or suspected to have undesirable effects on the body as a whole. Getting the industry standards changed is all about money to these companies. Thats why it’s so hard to get these companies to take ingredients out of prepackaged foods. There are “ingredients” forbidden in other countries, but companies don’t want to look at why, because then they have to redo products, at the risk of sales. But, at what point does the scale tip and these companies get sued for knowingly leaving harmful ingredients in their products, as more is known about these non-nutritive additives.
Absolutely. The hormones that they add to our food is a HUGE reason why so many are gaining weight. Even those who eat right and exercise, the added hormones are killing us.
Hilarious – 22% is garbage. You can easily lose 22% on your own without drugs. Just get off the couch, walk, drink water, cut out soda, eat low carb. Easier, safer and cheaper.
Like someone else said here I imagine this drug to be incredibly addictive. When you stop talking it you will gain all the weight back. Still a better option than surgery.
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now you can spend thousands on fast food AND big pharma at the same time. What’s good having all that money without any rich compagny to give it to ?
Given more than 1/3 of the nation is obese, and obesity is a risk factor for so many diseases, it should be a no-brainer if HEALTH is their #1 concern. But this is America – money is our healthcare’s main concern.
It will probably be 1/10th the cost in Canada & Mexico.
The greatest proportion of healthcare costs comes from hospital care costs and billing, not from drugs, especially when you consider how much hospitalization is prevented by these medications. My Mom died during treatment for severe adverse events that occurred after receiving back surgery that she not only didnt need, but also has been shown to lead to increased risks in terms of pain medication side effects and associated adverse event outcomes. The surgery cost about 70k, the subsequent hospitalization due to was close to half a million. None of these costs should have been incurred if not for greedy physicians and hospital for profit systems, and my Mom would likely still be alive today.
What a scam. $2000 for some water and a few chemical compounds. Aside from R&D, which is valid and needs to be paid for, the drug itself costs pennies on the gallon to produce. Just sell it for $30, and the whole country will buy it, fool…
Lawd hammercy! Anything but the GYM and cutting SUGAR. Fat ppl are so lazy I can’t deal 😂
If you take this, you can only blame yourself for the side effects. Don’t believe when they say they are “safe” It’s a drug, we won’t know true effects for awhile. Good luck!
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Finally, someone wise on here. We’re ALREADY seeing the consequences of this drug as people roll into family practices with fatty liver disease due to rapid weight loss.
As a woman who is skinny, I have been called a drug addict, Told that I look like I have aids, That I look unhealthy and nasty, To any woman who’s thinking about losing weight You are beautiful the way you are and Don’t let this worlds false idea of beauty make you feel ugly or like you have to change, Because no matter what you do, even if you do lose weight the sick people will have something snarky to say anyway. I WANT ALL WOMEN TO FEEL BEAUTIFUL WITH HOW GOD MADE THEM, PERFECT IN EVERYWAY. Don’t change for anyone but yourself. In my opinion the most beautiful women are heavy beauties and natural<333
But losing weight is healthy and essential in so ecases so people should try to lose weight to protect themselves .
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If everyone On earth was Skinny That world would be weird and ugly.
Most cant afford it, great.
“ New weight loss drug could break sales records.”
Uhh, yeah.. it’s called meth. Old news.
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Insurance companies make so much money off of people with obesity, why would they want to lose money?
You nailed it.
this is really effective
once you buy it
you wont be able to afford food = weight loss asap XD
I can feel The side effect complaints coming on!
Can’t believe what she said, “insurance doesn’t consider obesity as a health issue.” Is that statement totally nuts or what? The cases of Type 2 Diabetes are off the charts. Insurance companies will do or say anything to deny payment. Pathetic!
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1:41 sit down, no, insurance should not be covering drugs like that–it’s expensive enough as it is and people that really seriously need to lose weight do not need a drug to lose it
Thanks America your tax cuts and subsides given to pharmaceuticals have made this drug possible and its cool you guys are willing to pay for it for us aswel as no other country will be charged as much as you guys for it thanks again.
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Why not make diabetes medications affordable for people living with diabetes before getting it approved for weight loss
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So basically meth
Phen phen 2.0
Nausea, vomiting & diarrhea are guaranteed ways to loose weight!
I think that diabetics should be prioritized. Right now there is a shortage of this and ozempic due to wieghtloss…. some diabetics need this for living…
” A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb
A pill to make ,you, anybody else
All the drugs in this World, can’t save us from the self.” Marilyn Manson.
It isn’t usually medical problem as it’s mostly by choice. Obese problems by choice of diet and lack of exercise shouldn’t be insurance covered. I don’t want my premiums skyrocketing to cover some lazy fatazz. Bad enough I cover them for conditions they get from it already and as I said shouldn’t have to do that either. Unless they want a seperate funded insurance program lol but doubt they’d get covered unless psy ten times plus premiums now. Left always trying to pass their faults onto business
One question what’s the side effects?
a big hole in your pockets seeing the price haha, but it should drop after a while hopefully
I lost 80lbs last year the old fashion way: weed 💪🏽
Weed makes me eat.
@Daniel Smith crazy I never got the munchies just a ton of energy and sleepy next
I used to take a lot of microdot in the 70s
I was skinny as a rail.
Its so interesting. Instead of regulating sugar content in food across America, they would promote creating weight loss drugs. Capitalism at its best 😅
Good thing I got dollar dollar bills ya’ll
There is a possibility that I might make some real money this year. And losing weight is a big priority for me. But $1000/mo. is serious money. That I’d even consider it says more about how much I want it than how much I make because I am really stingy.
The very same people who refuse to get the covid-19 vaccination are the very same people who will buy this drug. They want immunize their children but they will take a drug in order to lose weight. Those are the very same people.
I started taking Mounjaro several months ago for diabetes, and have dropped from a high of 267lbs to 212, and still falling. For me, there have been no side effects. I basically feel full all the time (but not bloated) and eat maybe a third or less of what I used to.
Did she say Medicare doesn’t cover it, but Medicaid does?
For that cost a person could hire a personal trainer, a dietician and a club membership! (Yes, the trainer and dietician would not be exclusive, but available for weekly appointments.) Crazy what we will spend rather than get off our lazy a**es.
Rich skinny girls can now look like models.
Don’t. believe everything they tell us.
Go big pharma! Sheep!
Love how people are finding new drugs to lose weight than actually exercise. These drugs are for diabetics who actually need the medication.
Wow, just wow. Here stab this needle into yourself to lose weight. That’s the preferred way to do it🤦.
Good luck with anyone trying to get this it’s almost impossible with back orders currently to get it even for diabetes. People simply taking it to lose weight are going to hurt many of those who take it for real medical reasons and not I want to lose a few pounds.
wisely said, but a sad truth. Best wishes to people who could genuinly benefit from the drug, it probably won’t be easy to get a hand on it.
As soon as you see NBC you know it’s not going to be a report but just another big pharma ad.
I wouldn’t take it but whatever it’s just another poison acid made by the same in charge of killing millions in the past.
the FDA has become our worst enemy and Dr B proved there covering up all non toxic cancer treatments at the threat of over 160 years in prison. if these treatments are legal in other countries why is the FDA murdering our children with chemo?
answer :
MONEY!
Its not completely safe.
My doctor wants to give me one of these drugs. But because of my hypertension, I must first loose a few pounds organically to lower my BP.
Or risk stroke with one of these drugs. So it’s not completely safe, and not for everyone.
This can definitely not be good for you…
Another great money making scheme from drug companies.
Insert the walking dead theme song “here”
I will just continue to not eat the sugar and the carbs that is the root cause of obesity and diabetes, and not worry about the devastating side effects that will be discovered in 5 or ten years, after the drug companies have made billions. When you eat more sugar in one day than your body can process in a month, where is it going to go on this “miracle” drug?
* Remembers that obesity touches poor people way way more than the rest *
No.
A ” pill” a short cut to exercise and eating right..fooling your body ..long term we shall see
It would probably be cheaper to smoke crack.
As someone who currently works in a retail pharmacy, it is funny how the news is covering these new weight loss drugs but doesn’t bring up the current issues happening in pharmacies. A lot of these weight loss drugs not only are expensive but due to national drug shortages, they have been extremely hard to even order. Ozempic, Wegovy, Victoza, Saxenda, and now Mounjaro help patients with type 2 diabetes lowers their sugar plus can help with weight loss. Majority of the time when we get a new prescription for these medications we don’t have it in stock. The manufacturer doesn’t make enough of the medications and the vendors have to wait til it comes in to even be able to deliver to pharmacies. At my store when we order we try to get these the next day or even two days shipping, but without any notice, we sometimes have to wait days or even weeks til we receive these medications due to shortages. At the pharmacy level, we receive a lot of the patients’ frustration over circumstances over which we have no control. The only options in these situations are to see if other stores hopefully have it in stock, have the doctor try to change your medications to something with more availability, or just wait til the medication comes in.
I’m an Independent Latino. I’m So happy there is Daily Mail to show the other side how Big Pharma operates. Check your Thyroids people. Brain Disease your eye doctor. I wonder how much Big Pharma paid this doctor? Obesity is like Alcoholic, it’s not a Disease it’s a “Drug of Choice”. They gain their weight because Lackadaisical People rather stop and order fast food joints instead of cooking at home. Sure your patient worked hard alright – to the “Drive Thru” at a fast food restaurant.
Sorry doctor, I don’t believe what your patient is saying. The treat/makes sense to FAST 14 hours 7pm to 9am – eat healthy foods and light exercises absolutely No Fast-food joints for 3 months (after 3 months reward yourself 1 fast-food joint meal every Sunday). Must have Will-Power, if not go and pill yourself up with tumors and cancers. As we all know by now, medication have side-effects in the short/long run. Like my 88-year-old grandma said, “This meat body, treat it like a machine.”, “Move the body, just like sharks do.”, “The older one gets, the less food intake.” It’s unfortunately Big Pharma push Pills and more Pills down the American People for profit. Sad.
Remember weight lose industry spends billions, so does the food and restaurants industry. America is a country of poor ppl who have had to leave their countries because of starvation and famine.
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The “Morganthau Plan” worked very well on 9,000,000 German civilians right after WW2. Ships kept offshore and fertilizer ban, forced restriction on food suppies, and forced civilians prisoner camps, all cause forced starvation of millions and millions and millions and millions and millions.
Why didn’t they report on the price
As someone who lost over a hundred pounds to get in shape trust me don’t even waste your time with this product. really just eat healthy and work out and stay consistent with yourself
In 5 years we will hear about the bad and then make a new drug to control that issue but it all starts with a new drug that is a miracle at first!!!
Eat healthy exercise 😂 sheeple
Turns everyone into zombies
You lack discipline
Don’t need a drug, just a little discipline and STOP EATING SO MUCH?
WooHoo!! Yay, a new drug!!! How long ‘til the class action suit starts??
What a joke
The only way to lose weight is to get off of that couch of yours and to shut your mouth
Has meth sales ever actually gone down?
Need to invent a drug that makes people not want to smoke and ill charge $40,000 per dose.
What about who have type 2 diabetes?
Changing the way the body metabolizes sugar and fat sounds like a bad idea
self control costs nothing…
as someone who actually works at a family practice, the influx of patients who are using this drug and have fatty liver disease due to rapid weight loss is astronomical. This is not as safe as the lady on this program claims it is.
Just fast regularly and reduce food intake. The weight will go