The world’s richest man Elon Musk earlier this week admitted to utilizing the load loss drug Mounjaro.
What Occurred: Musk on Christmas posted an image of himself donning the Santa Claus costume with the caption “Ozempic Santa.”
The billionaire later clarified that he makes use of Mounjaro however selected to caption his image in any other case as Mounjaro doesn’t have the identical “ring” to it as Ozempic.
Musk mentioned that he selected Mounjaro produced by Eli Lilly LLY over Ozempic produced by Novo Nordisk A/S NVO owing to seemingly fewer unwanted side effects.
“Excessive doses of Ozempic made me fart & burp like Barney from the Simpson’s. Mounjaro appears to have fewer unwanted side effects and be more practical,” he mentioned.
Musk has beforehand voiced his assist for weight reduction medicine saying that the well being advantages of lowering weight problems far exceed the unwanted side effects of utilizing the medicine.
“Whereas no drug is with out unwanted side effects, well being issues related to weight problems virtually actually exceed the dangers of GLP-1 agonists,” Musk mentioned as early as Oct. 2023. GLP-1 agonists are a category of medicines that may assist handle Kind 2 diabetes and weight problems.
Why It Issues: Whereas Musk, who was named by President-elect Donald Trump to steer the Division of Authorities Effectivity, is all for weight-loss medicine, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is just not.
In November, Trump chosen Kennedy Jr., identified for his outspoken skepticism about vaccines, to steer the Division of Well being and Human Companies which oversees drug regulation, amongst different issues.
Kennedy Jr. has beforehand voiced criticism for Ozempic, terming it as a method of gladdening the wallets of distant Huge Pharma execs. In September, he criticized a New York Occasions opinion piece on Ozempic saying that the piece didn’t acknowledge the causes behind weight problems akin to “our sickening meals system” and sedentary way of life.
“In accordance with the author, weight problems appears to be a matter of lack—a scarcity of bariatric surgical procedures and a scarcity of Ozempic courtesy of Novo Nordisk, a Danish multinational whose wealth is larger than Denmark’s whole financial system. As this drug turns into extra extensively out there, the journalist appears to recommend, ‘America’s largest well being downside’ shall be underneath management,” he wrote in regards to the piece on social media platform X.
“As an alternative of fixing our meals system and addressing the weight problems disaster at its root, the creator focuses on a drug that will palliate the symptom – and gladden the wallets of distant Huge Pharma execs.”
“After I’m working within the subsequent administration, I’ll handle our sick meals system—and the corrupt authorities companies—to assist make our nation wholesome once more,” Kennedy Jr. then mentioned whereas additionally including that folks ought to take into account kitchen gardens as a substitute of sending cash to Denmark.
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