That’s the classification of an article by plastic surgeons Clinton Humphrey and Anna Lawrence on what is known as ‘Ozempic face’. For those who don’t know what Ozempic is (apparently, there still are some), it is the drug prescribed for patients with type II diabetes to help them lose weight and improve all kinds of metabolic risks. Some people may have heard of Wegovy, which is the same drug (so-called GLP-1) but the trade name under which it is prescribed to patients with diseases other than type II diabetes to help them lose weight. Both Ozempic and Wegovy are manufactured by Novo Nordisk, which is why that stock has become the European hype stock of 2024.
As you mentioned, if there is an opportunity to make money, someone will work towards finding a solution. In our society, we often prioritize addressing the symptoms rather than tackling the root cause of a problem, because there is usually more financial gain in developing a cure or solution afterwards. However, it's important to recognize that external interventions, such as drugs, can have unintended consequences or side effects, although they are generally minor. Sometimes, though, these side effects can be significant. Furthermore, the long-term effects of such interventions are often unknown for a while, and if there are any long-term issues, there is likely to be a demand for solutions that can again be monetized.
I think you are right about that quite a few people probably need the drug because they have a hard time maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but do you think more people will move to an unhealthy lifestyle in the future as now we have a medicine to fix the problem?
I think there won't be more people moving to an unhealthy lifestyle because of these drugs, but I do think that Ozempic and Wegovy will increasingly become lifestyle drugs, especially once they can be taken as a pill rather than injected. If people can remain thin without exercise, they will spend a lot of money to do that...
I agree with you that these drugs becoming life style drugs for a lot of people as there will be people who wants to stay or look thin all the time so they will take them like some people take daily vitamins instead of going on diet or excercise.
My question was more towards there is no incentive now to try to eat healthy since i can always take drugs either on a daily basis or when I cross a threshold/limit after which i want to lose the weight.
We may be saying the samething but from two different angles.
I can eat unhealthy food as I can take a drug to lose the weight if needed or since I am taking the drug, I can eat unhealthy.
Keeping weight off after Ozempic is the next quest for researchers and companies. Many people who have lost weight using drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy put the pounds back on when they stop taking the medication. Finding a way to keep weight off could fuel an even bigger bonanza than Ozempic and its immensely profitable cousins
Food is a drug, and with Ozempic we are simply going to double the doses, and it is no coincidence that its side effects closely resemble those of gastritis and IBS because poor food worsens the symptoms of these deseases.
At the moment excluding smoking, the prime suspects for the increasing incidence of cancer are precisely food and alcohol.
It is as if we have created a drug that eliminates pain stimuli.
Having no more cognizance of what can hurt us we go shooting like a death train.
As Dr. Klement, I don't believe that the existence of this drug will put off those who are already living healthy lives, but it could permanently scuttle those who had some chance of saving themselves.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave.....
As you mentioned, if there is an opportunity to make money, someone will work towards finding a solution. In our society, we often prioritize addressing the symptoms rather than tackling the root cause of a problem, because there is usually more financial gain in developing a cure or solution afterwards. However, it's important to recognize that external interventions, such as drugs, can have unintended consequences or side effects, although they are generally minor. Sometimes, though, these side effects can be significant. Furthermore, the long-term effects of such interventions are often unknown for a while, and if there are any long-term issues, there is likely to be a demand for solutions that can again be monetized.
I think you are right about that quite a few people probably need the drug because they have a hard time maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but do you think more people will move to an unhealthy lifestyle in the future as now we have a medicine to fix the problem?
I think there won't be more people moving to an unhealthy lifestyle because of these drugs, but I do think that Ozempic and Wegovy will increasingly become lifestyle drugs, especially once they can be taken as a pill rather than injected. If people can remain thin without exercise, they will spend a lot of money to do that...
I agree with you that these drugs becoming life style drugs for a lot of people as there will be people who wants to stay or look thin all the time so they will take them like some people take daily vitamins instead of going on diet or excercise.
My question was more towards there is no incentive now to try to eat healthy since i can always take drugs either on a daily basis or when I cross a threshold/limit after which i want to lose the weight.
We may be saying the samething but from two different angles.
I can eat unhealthy food as I can take a drug to lose the weight if needed or since I am taking the drug, I can eat unhealthy.
WSJ:
Keeping weight off after Ozempic is the next quest for researchers and companies. Many people who have lost weight using drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy put the pounds back on when they stop taking the medication. Finding a way to keep weight off could fuel an even bigger bonanza than Ozempic and its immensely profitable cousins
Food is a drug, and with Ozempic we are simply going to double the doses, and it is no coincidence that its side effects closely resemble those of gastritis and IBS because poor food worsens the symptoms of these deseases.
At the moment excluding smoking, the prime suspects for the increasing incidence of cancer are precisely food and alcohol.
It is as if we have created a drug that eliminates pain stimuli.
Having no more cognizance of what can hurt us we go shooting like a death train.
As Dr. Klement, I don't believe that the existence of this drug will put off those who are already living healthy lives, but it could permanently scuttle those who had some chance of saving themselves.
Have you seen the movie Wall-E? I think we are heading onto a future where we live like the humans on the spaceship...
Yes, a masterpiece