I don’t have a problem with my own weight, never have and have never used any injections, so I have no skin in the game here. However, I do have a couple of friends who have used Mounjaro.
My only concern about the results in the article is that the life-long nature of treatment needed for most people will result in many people never receiving it in the first place as the NHS simply won’t be able to afford it. I don’t consider a life-long dependency to be any different from an insulin dependency or other permanent condition, but when the drug companies first started offering it, it was billed in the media as a quick fix and has led to a demand and reliance which far outstrips what the NHS was ever going to be able
to deal with.
I look at the positive improvements in my friends and think the drugs are a great development. It’s not really about weight and aesthetics but about health and their risk of heart attacks, strokes etc has plummeted. How can that NOT be a good thing. Using two friends as examples though it’s clear to see that it works differently in different people. My one friend has been overweight her whole life. She generally makes good food choices actually, just has huge portions and eats constantly. Even on the drugs she still eats more than I do. As soon as she stops, the weight will go back on. My other friend only gained weight in the last few years, after his wife left him, he became depressed and developed bad eating habits. He’s used the drugs to retrain his former healthier habits and will more than likely keep off the weight. His weight was life event related whereas my other friend’s weight issues seem to be hardwired, and I think it’s this group that are going to need the life-long support. Which personally I think they should get, just not sure how to find it initially (long term I think it will probably pay for itself).