SHOULD YOU TRY A NEW DIABETES DRUG FOR QUICK-FIX WEIGHT LOSS? . You’ve probably seen recent newspaper articles or TV reports about new type-2 diabetes-treatment drugs that can dramatically help people lose up to 20% of their body weight.  The best-known of these drugs has the technical name semaglutide and goes by the brand name Ozempic. More people who don’t have diabetes are turning to this drug for a quick weight loss fix.  However, one needs to pay for this ease; semaglutide is expensive—more than $1,000 per month. (Please also see my June 10, 2022 post about the drug tirzepatide:...

NEW EXPERIMENTAL OBESITY DRUG HAS AMAZING CLAIMS Over the past few weeks, I’ve begun hearing about a new “miracle drug” from Eli Lilly named tirzepatide to fight obesity. You may have someone dear to you that has Type 2 diabetes or who just cannot manage to lose weight that would greatly benefit from this new drug. For more details, I found an online New York Times article by Gina Kolata from May 1, 2022 titled Patients Taking Experimental Obesity Drug Lost More Than 50 Pounds, Maker Claims. Here are excerpts: An experimental drug has enabled people with obesity or who...