• Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    GLP-1 drugs were originally developed for diabetes. A side effect was weight loss.

    Most drugs with fun side effects get marketed for the fun side effect.

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      16 hours ago

      Heroin was developed as a painkiller and cough remedy.

      Nowadays it’s only sold for the fun side effects.

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      15 hours ago

      Probably 3/4 of the people I know on GP1s are either reporting mental health/addiction benefits, or are taking it exclusively for that reason. Helped me quit weed, helping a friend of mine quit vaping right now. Shuts off my gut-wrenching anxiety. I hate jumping on bandwagons but it’s a bit of a miracle drug, hopefully it doesn’t cause your DNA to turn inside out after 10 years or something.

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        9 hours ago

        My (now ex-) wife developed diverticulitis after a few months of mounjaro… Apparently that’s not uncommon…