• @bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    If a doctor prescribes it for real reasons I respect that but right now it’s a celebrity weight loss “hack”

    My friend has had 3 patients walk because she won’t prescribe ozempic to them. They are not obese or have some major medical consideration. They want to use it as a substitute for a diet that they don’t even really need.

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      The whole prescription system is a rent-seeking scheme that enriches various middlemen, including your friend.

      How far have we fallen as a civilization that people have to meekly seek permission to take drugs? Bodily autonomy doesn’t extend to medicine, is that it? The unfathomable hypocrisy.

      • @bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I don’t think it’s perfect but I can’t agree with people being able to walk around buying any medication at anytime without any oversight.

        • @yeahiknow3
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          So are you a religious authoritarian or a garden variety fascist that you feel entitled to dictate to me what I can and cannot do with my body?

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              Why not? Is addiction illegal? At most I’d say education about the medication should be more available.

              Edit obviously addiction is terrible but it’s a slippery slope to say " you can’t take this drug because of addiction risks" into “you can’t take this drug because I find it morally wrong”

    • @scottywh@lemmy.world
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      There are compounding pharmacies in every major city in the US who can provide generic versions of these medicines.

      They’re not going to be covered by insurance that way and they’re typically still not cheap exactly but they are cheaper than the brand names and available as an oral medication in addition to the self administered weekly shots.

      The only “shortage” has been of the proprietary injectors used by the major brand names.