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by BigParm 492 days ago
The amount of disguised ads I've seen for Ozempic is disturbing. Fake reddit posts with fake comments and fake upvotes.
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There's a growing industry of telehealth providers which exist only to write semaglutide (Ozempic) prescriptions after a brief video chat. I think some of them are linked to compounding pharmacies. It wouldn't surprise me if some of them are astroturfing online forums for marketing.
What about an $8 million super bowl ad yesterday for a GLP-1 prescription mill? It's like the new crypto coin hype.
I'm not saying there's not a lot of hype here, but unlike crpyto, this is actually solving problems. I'm not going to get into a discussion about willpower and calories and all that, but GLP-1 drugs do effectively cause weight loss. That is bound to be big business.
Link? I've noticed HN is pretty paranoid/delulu about stuff like this.