to think more negative effects will come out from Ozempic use?

"admitted she took the weight-loss drug after struggling with an eating disorder."

Someone told me ages ago that it will cause an epidemic of pancreatic cancer. Seriously messing around with your anatomy is never worth it imo.

I think I found what the OP is referring to here

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14328783/Ozempic-left-deadly-bone-thinning-disease-singer-Avery-30-reveals-heartbreaking-confession-dont-make-mistake.html

What's your point here? That this is a better outcome than traditional dieting programmes?

You can't get osteoporosis within a few weeks from a medication. She's just lying about it - if she's anorexic then her body will have been fucked for years.

I'm conscious of bone density as a perimenopausal woman and started lifting weights at the gym again within couple of weeks of starting WLI

You’d have to have type 2 diabetes to be prescribed ozempic if you’re in the UK. It’s not licensed for weight loss alone.

It would decimate the weight loss industry if people could be on WLI long term. Which is one of the reasons there is a constant stream of negative press about them.

Absolutely this, using Ozempic or any other weight loss injection/medication or method itself does not cause or give someone osteoporosis, its caused by not having enough collagen and calcium to protect the bones and you lose bone density.

More likely if someone has an absorption difficulty or they are malnourished.

Only one person made that comment about the magic wand @Dueanamechange2025 & it certainly wasn’t me. I think most people on this thread aren’t minimising how hard it is to lose weight. And having tried Ozempic myself, I know it’s not an easy fix.

It concerns me because as I mentioned earlier in the thread I have tried Ozempic before and may try it again at some point in the future.

It’s an interesting subject from many different angles such as what would it do to the massive weight loss industry if proven to something people could take forever on a maintenance dose. It could change society. But personally, I am interested in discussing the potential problems as well as the huge benefits.

The sad thing is, unless you've struggled with your weight you'll never understand the mental torment that goes with it.
The constant exhaustion of choosing what to eat, mental mathematics of 'if I eat that I'll have to do x in gym', the denying self of food then the guilt when you 'fall off the wagon'. The shame, the self loathing. The feeling you're not 'allowed' to enjoy food publicly in case someone thinks 'look at that fatty having some chips '.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.

I'm not saying everyone who is overweight feels like me but this mental torture is what Mounjaro has removed. I can finally approach food in what I consider a normal way. I eat now for fuel. I don't binge. I make good choices. There's no drama.

Mounjaro has been a miracle to me.

This honest enough for you?

I’m very open to an honest conversation as long as no one starts with comments like id love a magic wand like earlier in the post.

I am concerned there maybe potential long term side effects that we don’t yet know however, I KNOW there are long term highly likely effects of me remaining obese.

Why? Why does it concern you? Are you keen to have conversations with other people about medications they’re on that doesn’t concern you in any way?

Good hopefully lots of us will have one on this thread without an assumption being made that anyone who mentions anything negative is completely anti weight loss drugs & judgemental against the people using them.

I'll give you a 100% honest conversation. No problem at all.

I think it’s hard to have an honest conversation on this subject as those taking it get very defensive. But it would be good to have an honest conversation about the potential risks as well as benefits for people taking it for longer than 2 years who aren’t obese.

Exactly. Anyone who thinks any of the WLIs are a quick fix are ignorant. Yes, an aid but the weight doesn't magically dissolve.

This isn't true. I have a diabetic friend on Ozympic and she's on a dose of 10 (whatever that means, ml etc).

Totally disingenuous to suggest you’re in any way worried about the potential side effects of a medication you don’t take.
No other medication has had the media attention or scrutiny than this one - and the reason for that is that people think the fatties are cheating themselves slim - and how dare they! How many of the people worried about the potential side effects of WLI were concerned about the multitude of obesity related diseases those people on the drug were at risk from when they were obese? There’s nothing to feel superior about now because the obese are losing weight and people don’t like that!

Except it’s not a magic wand is it? It requires a significant diet change and ideally regular activity.

If you use a reputable online pharmacy it is very hard to lie to obtain it. I am on mj and buy from Lloyds chemist. I have to upload a video of me stepping on to the scales, full length photos etc and my gp is fully aware (and asked me how I was finding it when I had an econsult about something else), they get notified if I move up a dose.

I took it from June to early Dec and lost 3st3lbs alongside running/crossfit classes (which I had started last Jan). I took a few months off to see if the weight would come back on and it hasnt, I gained 4lbs since December.

The food noises have started to return so I have reordered and was dismayed to find I had to start at the lowest dose again. Yet this is reassuring from a clinical pov.

Basically, I have had no bad side effects, didnt gain loads (over Christmas I might add) when I stopped and have continued to exercise. BMI gone fron 41 to 33.

But yes, continue to rub your hands with glee that there will be some terrible side effect coming down the road for me...

I've seen big improvements in my cholesterol, blood sugars and blood pressure since starting it

Jealous much

Not Ozempic but I've lost about 4st so far on Mounjaro and dropped my BMI from 43 to 34.

I'm very touched how concerned folks like the OP are about risks to my health from this medication. Thanks!