[bdauvergne]

Just coming here to say that most of the world (outside the USA) does not need Ozempic at all to be healthy. So maybe this medication is really a luxury.

[nojito]

This isn't true at all.

The obesity epidemic is international.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_r...

[bdauvergne]

Self inflicted epidemic...

[nojito]

A disease is a disease regardless..

Telling people to eat less or move more doesn't work and hasn't worked.

[rexpop]

It's more like "environmental," eg food deserts, and advertising.

[mateus1]

I'm not in the US and know plenty of people that use it. It's also maybe a 1/5 of the US cost, even accounting for the exchange rate.

[bdauvergne]

In France it's reimbursed but only if you are diabetic. I'm not sure people talking about it here are diabetic.