| Look up what percentage of people take statins long term at some point in their life. For people in certain age brackets it's more than the 40% of people taking GLP-1s that you are so concerned with. Why don't they just lower their cholesterol via other means? Look up what percentage of people take antidepressants. Why don't they just try being happy? Look up what percentage of people regularly take OTC pain killers, Benadryl, etc. Why don't they just tough it out? You are only picking on GLP-1s which happen to treat obesity among other illnesses. All of the other medications I listed are treating conditions with non-pharmaceutical interventions, but you haven't stated a problem with a huge percentage of the population using them. If your problem is with chronic medication use, this isn't the one to pick on. It is insanely effective. > not something half the population is subscribed to by default, so if the problem can be addressed by other means, it really should be. What makes you think that these people haven't tried other options. What makes you think this is the default option, and not a later option? Do you think they are unaware of diet and exercise? Do you think that they choose to be fat? Do you think that people that can get PHDs doing world changing science, climb mountains, run Fortune 500 companies, hell - run marathons, are just too undisciplined or stupid to lose weight? |