| ▲ | JuniperMesos 3 hours ago | |
The health problems associated with obesity are very real (not to mention that it makes you look worse), GLP-1 agonists really do work for most people to cause significant weight loss, and it's currently difficult to get them prescribed by a legitimate doctor unless your obesity-related health problems are really severe. This will probably change over the next several years, but in the meantime buying them from a grey market Chinese pharmacy works now, and is reasonably safe and effective. | ||
| ▲ | keane 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
There’s a good three part radio series from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX about how drugs for pets sourced from grey markets played out with the FDA: [index] https://revealnews.org/podcast/cat-drug-feline-infectious-pe... [1] https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/listen/hyperfixed/the-cat-drug... [2] https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/listen/hyperfixed/the-cat-drug... [3] https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/listen/hyperfixed/the-cat-drug... | ||
| ▲ | trogdor an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> it's currently difficult to get them prescribed by a legitimate doctor unless your obesity-related health problems are really severe I think it’s more accurate to say that it’s difficult to get them covered by insurance unless your obesity-related health problems are really severe. In my experience, doctors have no problem prescribing GLP-1 drugs for weight management. | ||