I was on Ozempic for a few months, and I absolutely did lose 10 lbs a month while I was on it. It is a miraculous drug. Of course, after a few months my insurance company dropped coverage.
I started gaining 1 lb a week. After a few weeks I went back to my Dr. and asked if there was anything that could be done.
She put me on Welbutrin and Metformin. Its the same drug combination which they use as an aide to stop smoking.
Its working great. I'm only losing about 5lbs a month now, instead of the 10lbs on Ozempic. But it sure beats the hell out of gaining 1lb a week. And I lost 70lbs so far!
The only side effect I had was....I lost all interest in smoking :-( The drugs work by reducing how much dopamine your brain releases due to pleasurable stimuli. So you tend to get less jollies out of anything you liked doing---eating, smoking, or even procrastination! Yeah, I procrastinate way less too, its just not as pleasurable as getting stuff done is anymore.
Basically, it's the drug of choice for Puritans. Less temptation on the 7 deadly sins, and more work ethic. So there's that. But if you've ever seen somebody die by congestive heart failure, you know its waaaay better than that.