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Comment by nelblu | Hacker News Reader

I hope this drug is safe for all the people consuming it.

That said, as someone who prefers to stay fit the hard way (exercise, sleep and balanced diet) I would never take a drug to stay in shape or for that matter anything else that could be mitigated by lifestyle changes. About 11 years ago I was prescribed hypertension medication, I never went to the pharmacy to pick them up, instead I reduced my weight, started meditation and improved my cardio exercises and my hypertension is under control now. I know eventually I might need the drug (hereditary) but I will delay it as much as humanly possible.

To each their own I guess.

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Your comment is typical of those I see on these new weight loss drugs.

Not everyone can control their health issues through lifestyle changes alone. I successfully controlled hypertension with an hour a day of running but that's just not sustainable and I barely controlled it anyway. As I reached 50, my genetics and age caught up with me. My father and all my siblings take drugs for hypertension and now I do too.

Similarly, my wife, who I've known since we were teenagers, fought her weight as long as we've been together. No amount of weight watchers, calorie counting, eating well and exercise allowed her to maintain a healthy weight. It's also exhausting being hungry all the time and fighting against your increasing weight. About two years ago she started Wagovy for legitimate health reasons. It's changed her life. She still exercises, eats well, and counts calories. What the Wagovy has enabled is for it not to be a constant battle with herself. She's not hungry all the time now maintaining a healthy weight.

Unless you've really fought these battles, you don't know what other people are going through.

To each their own, but you ought to meditate on how much of this "purity test" is just your own psychology looking for a way to feel better than others. If people start getting healthier/fitter from meds than "the hard way" would you be mad? What about people who lift every day and take steroids, they're in the same category as Ozempic patients right?

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