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 stated that he selected Mounjaro produced by Eli Lilly LLY over Ozempic produced by Novo Nordisk A/S NVO owing to seemingly fewer unintended effects.
“Excessive doses of Ozempic made me fart & burp like Barney from the Simpson’s. Mounjaro appears to have fewer unintended effects and be more practical,” he stated.
Musk has beforehand voiced his assist for weight reduction medicine saying that the well being advantages of decreasing weight problems far exceed the unintended effects of utilizing the medicine.
“Whereas no drug is with out unintended effects, well being issues related to weight problems nearly actually exceed the dangers of GLP-1 agonists,” Musk stated as early as Oct. 2023. GLP-1 agonists are a category of medicines that may assist handle Sort 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., recognized 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 Massive Pharma execs. In September, he criticized a New York Instances opinion piece on Ozempic saying that the piece didn’t acknowledge the causes behind weight problems comparable to “our sickening meals system” and sedentary life-style.
“Based on the author, weight problems appears to be a matter of lack—an absence of bariatric surgical procedures and an absence of Ozempic courtesy of Novo Nordisk, a Danish multinational whose wealth is larger than Denmark’s whole economic system. As this drug turns into extra broadly obtainable, the journalist appears to counsel, ‘America’s greatest well being downside’ will likely be underneath management,” he wrote concerning 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 Massive Pharma execs.”
“Once I’m working within the subsequent administration, I’ll deal with our sick meals system—and the corrupt authorities businesses—to assist make our nation wholesome once more,” Kennedy Jr. then stated whereas additionally including that individuals ought to take into account kitchen gardens as a substitute of sending cash to Denmark.
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