[makeitdouble]

Tobacco did that (imagine going for nicotine patches instead of smoking), meth did that, a lot of things do that. It all comes down to the side effects and whether it's worth having the drug around.

Up until now we say "no, fuck it" after a few decades of having the thing widely available. My point is wether we should shortcut the cycle and so no _before_ doing the society wide trial and having to fight for decades to have it stop.

> In the meantime overweight people are going to take what they can

Most don't take anything right now

[pixl97]

Tobacco and meth happen to be some of the most highly addictive drugs that exist, that also have the side effect of weight loss.

I don't think I've seen anybody tweaking out for a fix of ozempic, though please feel free to inform me if addiction is an actual side effect that I've not heard of.

[cactusplant7374]

Withdrawal for tobacco is basically mild discomfort. It can't be in the same class as drugs that cause seizures, profuse sweating, and death upon immediate cessation.

[NoGravitas]

Depends what you mean by mild. For me, going cold turkey from nicotine was migraines, severe anxiety, irritability, and fatigue. Not life threatening, but I was unable to function. That said, tapering off with a controlled time-release dosage (patches) was sufficient to reduce it to actual mild discomfort for me.

[makeitdouble]

Ozempic has started to be in wider use very recently, and we know it has a side effects of restraining dopamine release.

My point is we still know very little about long term effects, and in particular about what happens when the brain's reward centers are affected at scale (for a diversity of people) + for years.

Yet we're already going down the path of the "miracle drug" [0] and that freaks me out.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Drug-Crystal-Meth-ebook/dp/B0...