The blockbuster weight loss drug sold as Ozempic and Wegovy [has, on 21 March, gone] generic in countries that are home to 40 percent of the world’s population, significantly lowering the price of a costly medicine that had been largely unaffordable to nearly all but the wealthiest people. On Saturday, Novo Nordisk, the company that until now has had a monopoly on selling the drug, will lose patent protection in several of the world’s most populous countries. The first generic versions are expected to arrive in India as soon as this weekend. In the coming months, the generics are also expected to become available in China, Canada, Brazil, Turkey and South Africa.
I believe they work by lowering your appetite, generally leading to less eating, especially snacking.
Even liposuction, literally taking the fat out of the body, doesn’t result in permanent weight loss.
What do you expect a drug to do to make you skinny without it needing to become something you take regularly? If you want to lose weight permanently, you have to work for it, no matter which strategy you use.
What people want is the magic pill that they take once and they look like Cindy Crawford at 26 years old forever.
There are the structural things - removing parts of the intestine, installing restrictive bands around the stomach. One they haven’t talked about much that would probably work if we had the knowledge and bravery to try it would be physical modification of the brain, either by ablation or slightly less risky with neurostimulation (deep brain stimulation)…
https://karger.com/sfn/article-abstract/100/2/75/826710/Effectiveness-of-Deep-Brain-Stimulation-in
Both of them require a surgery and can have HUGE complications. Oh yeah and they are not a permanent solution, just as ozempic they just help to start developing better habits, you will regain weight after sometime if you don’t keep a better diet even with these procedures