From their FAQ: "Ozempic® is a medicine for adults with type 2 diabetes that, along with diet and exercise, may improve blood sugar. While not for weight loss, Ozempic® may help you lose some weight."
They literally never tell you that. I'm so fucking sick of people just making shit up about medicine and doctors in general!
"Oh they'll all tell you you don't need to do anything just takes this pill and then the pill fixes you hurr durr!" Okay nobody says that. Nobody has ever said that. You made that up, everyone who says that makes that up.
If you go to the doctor and you smoke the first thing out of their mouth is "quit smoking". If you're obese they're gonna DRILL "lifestyle changes" into your skull.
Where the fuck is this absolute delusion that "big pharma just gives pills!!1!" coming from? This has literally never been how medicine works.
< Where the fuck is this absolute delusion that "big pharma just gives pills!!1!" coming from?
The way this is phrased is a little rude, but hey it's the internet.
I'm actually curious where this idea comes from as well. I hear it all the time, but have never experienced anything close to it in all of my years on the planet. Is it some kind of political trope? Something that used to be true that older people haven't realized changed a long time ago? Does it come from 70's sitcoms?
It's certainly never happened to me with any of the doctors I've ever seen, met, or worked with, and I have decades of experience in healthcare adjacent fields. All of the doctors I've known actually really cared about their patients and would often complain that the patient just wanted pills and weren't more compliant when it came to things like diet, exercise, and quitting their vices.