[chrislaco]

Look into Mounjaro. (I'm not a Dr)

I know a few folks who were on metformin long term for diabetes related things, and after the switch, lost a TON of weight from metabolic changes in just that year compared the entire past.

As with both generally, they're starting to clamp down on prescribing/filling for non-diabetic folks (aka, people using it just for weight and not clinical diabetes itself).

[PaulHoule]

The story for weight these days is The use of GLP-1 agonists like Semaglutide, prescribing for these is picking up. The criteria for getting them are also at BMI levels that are not crazy high for an American population, particularly if you have any signs of ‘metabolic syndrome’ such as high blood pressure, pre diabetic high blood sugar, etc.

The advantage here is that this is not ‘off label’ at all for many people today.

[danielfoster]

Just to confirm, you mean they lost weight after switching to metformin?

[loupol]

From the first result I skimmed through searching Mounjaro, I would assume GP meant switching away from metformin to Mounjaro :

"...Mounjaro can be used on its own in patients who cannot take metformin (another diabetes medicine)..."