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My diabetic mother has a 2mg prescription for it and nobody seems to have it available. For weight loss, this is a luxury drug. For others, it's a lot more important. Unfortunately, luxury drugs get bought out by luxury people, leaving the average person in the dust... I wish ozempic's distribution was less corrupt, but that ship seems to have sailed now.

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Besides anecdotal evidence, what makes you believe that the people who are getting it need it less than your grandmother. Obesity kills people as surely, and sometimes faster, than diabetes.

Are your feelings on this influenced by the notion that obesity is a moral failing or a willpower issue?

Obesity is curable. Diabetes is not.

Both can be managed (and symptoms resolved) by lifestyle changes. Both will return if someone returns to their old lifestyle. And the lifestyle changes that treat one often treat the other as well.

We could argue about whether either is "cured" or just "in remission", but it's illogical to say one is cured and the other isn't.

Obesity can be a primary factor for getting type 2 diabetes.

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