Looks like RFK Jr. was right. Ozempic is causing heart shrinkage.

Source?

Did you even read the article? It says they cannot be sure what the cause is. You and RFK are not scientists. So please listen to those of us who are.

Would you take ozempic knowing there is this correlation, knowing that they haven't tested ozempic at all yet? Would you recommend ozempic to your wife, or your daughter, or your son, before this research can be done to evaluate the long term effects of it?

HELL NO YOU WOULDN'T. Diet and exercise. That's all it takes.

I would take it for sure. Except I don’t need it. So I am not going to take it.

"...they cannot be certain semaglutide is causing the atrophy of cardiac muscles, or even if this loss of muscle is a bad thing. In some cases, it could possibly confer benefits.

You run to post an article that doesn't say what you say it says "Ozempic is causing heart shrinkage." No where does it say that, in fact it states that they have no idea if it's doing that and secondly, if it is, they don't know if it isn't a good thing. Lots of obese people have enlarged hearts and if the drug proved to treat that as well it would truly be a good thing.

You are an idiot and so is RFK brain worm.

The article is literally titled "Drugs Like Ozempic May Have a Shrinking Effect on The Heart"
and you're going full smugtard with "oh yeah they don't know for sure, idiot"

Ozempic is causing heart shrinkage -

Is a completely different sentence than -

Ozempic May Have a Shrinking Effect on The Heart -

If you were literate you would actually read the article instead of basing your idiotic opinion on the title. Words have meaning, try reading a book to better understand how this whole literacy thing works. 🤡

Interesting, the article says even lean mice that lost little weight had their hearts shrink. And treating human cardiac muscle cells in the lab with semaglutide caused them to shrink. So the effect seems unrelated to weight or weight loss and likely a direct effect of semaglutide interacting with the heart.

It seems obvious that this drug is dangerous.

"May have..." Theres that bang-up" reporting Ive talked about. So now weve got solid evidence to shore up Kennedy's sagging rep? Right?

Well, this means Democrats can take it without problems....

You can't shrink something that doesn't exist.

So you see no problem in taking a drug that may cause serious health issues?

"I was in the pool!"

Yes, it seems obvious to you. Meanwhile, it is proven for everybody that obesity is dangerous.

Most of us have happily taken drugs that have potentially dangerous side effects to treat conditions that are incontrovertibly dangerous.

I am sure obese patients are saddened by this news in light of RCTs showing reduced MACE including heart failure events. But the article has the audacity to state “If the findings translate to living humans, then it means people with existing cardiovascular disease or muscle atrophy could be placing their hearts at added risk if they are prescribed semaglutide or similar drugs.”. Except these 4 year studies suggest the opposite… click bait articles done by journalist with extremely limited capacity for balanced scientific analysis. Oh and the muscle loss… seen in any type of massive weight loss; not an effect due to glp-1 use only (

scientificamerican.com

Why You Don't Just Lose Fat When You're on a Diet

Adam Collins, The Conversation US

Here’s why your body sheds fat and muscle when you diet

Open link

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Semaglutide Studies:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01498-3/fulltext

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307563

😁"May cause..."!

I’m sure Ozempic has a lot of side effects. My 74 year old dad takes one of the other brands, and he’s lost 45 lbs in 3 months from 310 to 265lbs. I think the side effects are likely worth it in his case.

Some housewife that weighs 140 and wants to get to 125 probably should not be taking it. You can get there with 3-4 months of diet and moderate exercise.

It would seem to me that you want to avoid taking meds whenever possible. If meds are the only alternative, or perhaps the best alternative in the opinion of medical professionals, then so be it. To me it seems that a healthy lifestyle in regard to diet, exercise and strss management is the best option for a lot of things.