Ozempic has some pretty serious potential side effects. It’s one thing when it’s Ozempic or diabetes but another when you just want to lose weight you’re going to put right back on once you stop taking it.

As for anti-“prescription” sentiment, I don’t think that’s a fair label. Anti-“pharmaceutical industry” seems more accurate, and they’ve worked very, very hard for it to happen compared to how people used to view them, among other things by pushing branded drugs like Ozempic instead of letting doctors make their own recommendations.

If you want just a small fraction of how that happened in your ear hole, Behind the Bastards did a series on Vioxx you should listen to.