Honestly no one is going to stop taking them as you’ve issues. You can remain overweight, do it the hard way, sit tutting in the corner, spam the internet with your concerns, it will not change anything.
personally I spoke to my doctor before embarking on this journey. She told me she’d been prescribing these medications for years, and had good results. She told me that if she could prescribe she would, but they weren’t approved for people below 40 bmi, which she felt was a very sad situation, as it is due to funding, and so many could benefit. And that she would monitor me, as it was likely I would be able to come off my blood pressure meds as my weight dropped, she is the sort of person I listen to, not you.
the drugs are approved by the mhra after stringent testing, the fda in the usa. doctors have been prescribing them for years, decades, and at all levels , from endreconologists to gp’s.
i feel fantastic, I cannot beleive how good I feel. I have so much energy I work out most days, the inflammation has gone from my body, no more stiff ankles, my plantar fascilitus has totally gone, I sleep better, and my sleep apnea is I’d say about 80 percent cured, the anxious jittery feeling I had has gone and I’m now calm, likely as my blood sugars are now stable, I have lost only half a stone , as it’s two weeks, so that will be mainly water, and I’m about to do my third injection. So this drug is curing way more than obesity. They are now looking to approve for cardiovascular health.
people with weight issues, will be saved from heart attack, cancer, stroke, diabetes, joint replacements, have a better quality of life, the nhs will save billions in treating these patients . Freeing up resources to ensure better health care provision for non obesity related Illnesses, from local doctors to hospital beds.
and yes, we might be obsessive, because most of us have struggled with our weight, suffered the health consquences, both mental and physical, for years and years, and now we can fix that, with a drug that is regulated and safe. Sure a small minority have side effects, like some do eating peanut butter, or taking nurofen, but you start on a low dose, and as long as you follow the medical advice on dosage and how to take, the very low risks are minimised further.
why anyone would take issue with these things, is a good question and one that indicates strongly they have a back story, they don’t wish to reveal. Like fat and can’t afford it, or slim and worked so hard at it they are pissed that advantage will now be gone,