Enjoy. But please read the entire article before you go online, buy a GLP-1 and start injecting yourself.
The Anti-Aging Drug We Keep Calling a Weight-Loss Shot
GLP-1 receptor agonist
GLP-1 Just $50 a Month!!!
Starting July 1, 2026 Medicare covers certain GLP-1 drugs under the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge program. This temporary program is available nationwide (including all states and U.S. territories) to certain people with Medicare drug coverage (Part D). https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/weight-loss-drugs
You must be 18 or older and meet one of these requirements when you start GLP-1 therapy:
You have a body mass index (BMI) of 35 or more.
You have a BMI between 30-34.99 and have at least one of these conditions:
Diastolic heart failure (also called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction)
Uncontrolled high blood pressure (also called hypertension)
Chronic kidney disease at stage 3a or higher
Prediabetes
A previous heart attack (also called myocardial infarction) or stroke
Blocked arteries in your legs or arms (also called peripheral artery disease) with symptoms
You have a BMI between 27-29.99 and have at least one of these conditions:
Prediabetes
A previous heart attack (also called myocardial infarction) or stroke
Blocked arteries in your legs or arms (also called peripheral artery disease) with symptoms
Yes, I loved writing the click bait title to this post.
Medscape on Obesity – 04.26.26
GLP-1s (it’s kind of a mess)
“But the real question is what is the quality of the weight regain and what is the shift in people’s metabolism, and it seems to be very bad,” she said. “Ongoing studies that haven’t been published yet suggest that hypertension comes back. All the inflammatory markers come back, and lipids go up. And if you have diabetes, it gets worse. Overall, it’s kind of a mess…As these studies and others showed, most people regain the weight. Whether or not they regain all the weight depends in part on diabetes and insulin and many other factors, but people will likely regain most of their weight.”
“But the message isn’t that you regain the weight. The message is that you may be less healthy when you regain the weight. That’s why we need to couple the drugs with lifestyle interventions. And it’s why people who just want to lose 5 or 10 pounds really need to consider that lifestyle change, hard as it is, is the better way to do it.”
Anne Peters, MD, professor Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Less Weight Regain, More Health Loss after Stopping GLP-1s? – Medscape – March 05, 2026 – https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/less-weight-regain-more-health-loss-after-stopping-glp-1s-2026a10006rv?
I never envisioned developing an obsession with pharmaceuticals. And after many years of endless blogging into the void I learned I could link to previous posts like this: https://lifeunderwriter.net/tag/glp-1-receptor-agonist/
The learning never stops.
Medscape on Obesity – 02.08.26
Scary Charts 01.30.26
Weight-loss drugs draw thousands of lawsuits alleging serious harm – https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/28/glp-1-weight-loss-drug-lawsuits-side-effects/87611067007/
Yikes.
GLP-1s and the Risk for Malnutrition
“We see cases where people take a GLP-1 medication and become so severely malnourished that they need to be hospitalized,” said Rebecca Boswell, PhD, director of Penn Medicine Princeton Center for Eating Disorders, in Philadelphia. “It’s not uncommon.” The Scary Health Risk That Can Sneak Up on GLP-1 Users – Medscape – January 19, 2026. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/scary-health-risk-can-sneak-glp-1-users-2026a10001pi
Yikes.
People return to their baseline weight and lose all cardiometabolic benefits in less than 2 years after stopping semaglutide or tirzepatide, a new meta-analysis found. Weight Regain, Health Benefit Loss Rapid When GLP-1s Stopped – Medscape – January 08, 2026. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/weight-regain-health-benefit-loss-rapid-when-glp-1s-stopped-2026a10000kr?
YIKES.
You see, cures are passée. Cures kill markets. Getting the population properly hooked on a pharmaceutical treatment for a ‘chronic’ condition is where the serious money is. “Our core insight was simple and grim: it’s far easier—and infinitely more profitable—to convince healthy people that they’re sick than to develop genuine cures for the truly ill.“
Twenty years later, the hustle is bigger, slicker, and more dangerous than ever. Watching that hustle unfold with weight loss drugs feels weirdly ominous, like watching a slow-moving train wreck you can’t peel your eyes off of. You know there’ll be carnage and bodies, vast fortunes won and lost, and humanity left just a little bit poorer. We have often documented the pharmaceutical industry’s proven ability to create enormously lucrative markets overnight, by inventing and selling diseases. Now watch as all that ingenuity and energy gets pointed at one of the biggest problems bewitching humanity: human fatness. The Seven Deadly Sins of Weight Loss Drugs – https://brownstone.org/articles/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-weight-loss-drugs/
YIKES!
This will not end well.
Complications? What Complications? (just another GLP-1 receptor agonist post)
But I Lost 20 Pounds!
There have been hundreds of reports of acute and chronic pancreatitis from people who have taken drugs such as Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy, although none are confirmed as being caused by the medicines. Weight loss jabs study begins after reports of pancreas issues – https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4ged0r1n3wo
Yikes.
Compounding Compounds the Problem
Compound pharmacies that bulk produce weight-loss drugs without FDA approval are doing so without that oversight. And because compounding pharmacies aren’t required to report instances of patient harm involving their medications, problems may go undetected.“It’s kind of like ‘Whack-A-Mole,’” said Al Carter, a pharmacist and executive director at the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. He said state boards will only investigate when they receive a complaint.“There are bad actors out there, purporting to be compounding pharmacies that are licensed in specific states or have the credentials to be able to compound when in actuality they don’t,” said Carter. “My understanding is most licensed, legitimate pharmacies aren’t compounding” weight-loss medications. ‘Compounded’ weight-loss drugs are a growing problem for state regulators – https://stateline.org/2024/07/08/compounded-weight-loss-drugs-are-a-growing-problem-for-state-regulators/
A website sold patients obesity drugs at affordable rates. Now they’re paying the price.– https://www.npr.org/2025/02/08/nx-s1-5246124/a-website-sold-patients-obesity-drugs-at-affordable-rates-now-theyre-paying-the-price
“The two main goals of the medication are weight loss and diabetes management, so patients should stay on the lowest dosage possible until they feel like they’ve plateaued,” said Charu Sawhney, DO, MPH, an internal medicine physician with Harbor Health in Round Rock, Texas. When patients move up on the dosage too fast, they’re going to have more trouble, said Sawhney. “This is when we see the most severe side effects like the malnutrition and dehydration that can sometimes land patients in the hospital,” she said. Considerations for Prescribing GLP-1s Get More Complicated – Medscape – February 07, 2025 – https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/considerations-prescribing-glp-1s-get-more-complicated
I admit as a Former Fat Man that the world of obesity and now a miracle drug to fight the disease fascinates the hell out of me. Caveat emptor!
GLP-1 – Compounded or Brand-Name?
Caroline Apovian, MD, co-director of the Center for Weight Management and Wellness at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston.
“Doctors who are obesity medicine specialists like myself in academic centers do not prescribe compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide,” she said.
Many of the compounded prescriptions, she said, come from telehealth virtual–only companies interested in profits.
GLP-1 Prescribing Decisions: Compounded or Brand-Name? – Medscape – November 14, 2024 – https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/glp-1-prescribing-decisions-compounded-or-brand-name-2024a1000krd?
To be clear, all of my GLP-1 posts are not anti-pharma. If you can afford these medications and they work for you on your weight loss journey that’s great. Just be aware of the possible side effects and the fact these medications are for life. You will regain all that you’ve lost if you stop taking the drug.
Here’s the link to Complications? What Complications? (just another GLP-1 receptor agonist post)
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