cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/18923980
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has dismissed suggestions that plans to provide weight loss jabs to unemployed people with obesity are “dystopian”.
The UK government is partnering with pharmaceutical giant Lilly who are running a five-year trial in Greater Manchester to test if the weight-loss drug Mounjaro can help get more people back to work and prevent obesity-related diseases to ease the strain on the NHS in England.
The announcement prompted a backlash, with accusations that the government was stigmatising unemployed individuals and reducing people to their economic value.
Speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Streeting said the jabs were part of a broader healthcare plan, adding that he was “not interested in some dystopian future where I involuntarily jab unemployed people who are overweight”.
People I know who have used this drug love it. As long as it’s not mandatory, making it available to everyone who can benefit from it sounds great.
https://mathbabe.org/2024/02/04/why-people-hate-wegovy/
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/why-does-ozempic-cure-all-diseases
…the government is freely giving poor people a drug that costs $1000 a month to correct a stigmatized health condition and people are complaining? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
Looks like it’s around £130-£180 per month on private prescription in the UK, or under £10 per month on an NHS prescription for those who qualify.
$1000 is what it costs in the price-bloated American healthcare system.
Idk kinda sounds like that game with the happy pills
But this isn’t mood altering substances, it’s an obsesity drug.
Like antibiotics, it should be fine as long as it isn’t forced on people.
Receptors for GLP-1 are found in the pancreas, the gut and several regions of the brain involved in mood regulation, he said.
“They can affect the release and activity of neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin, which play a crucial role in emotional well-being,” Arillotta added. “For these reasons, GLP-1 RAs are thought to have antidepressant effects.” Dopamine and serotonin are mood-enhancing chemicals that are often called the “feel-good” hormones.1
No we really don’t know that. Some have even bragged about it being useful for treating addiction in other places like gambling. It’s all just a crap shoot of people hoping this is a miracle drug to fix everything easily.
What’s the link between unemployed and obese?
ITT: Lots of Americans getting insulted by the fact that obesity brings health problems, and the fact that being obese is a self-destructive choice.
Maybe sometimes.
Obesity is only a choice if mental health issues are a choice too.
ITT : people who think you can “man up” your way through compulsion.
Hey don’t narrow it to just Americans, we’re not even the fattest country anymore I don’t think