Ozempic may be reshaping the brain, scientists say

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Nothing really new. Celebrities of the entertainment industry have had their past trends of resembling living skeletons, of wandering about in recreational drug induced dazes, of exhibiting much psychotherapist patronage with respect to treating their neuroticisms, and just generally preening themselves as moral elites or signaling as socially conscious superiors.
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Ozempic may be reshaping the brain, scientists say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/05/28/ozempic-may-be-reshaping-brain-scientists-say/

EXCERPTS: Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs were initially understood as a metabolism breakthrough: medicines that act like hormones to control hunger, blood sugar and weight. But as researchers probe deeper into how the drugs work, early evidence suggests that GLP-1s may also be reshaping parts of the brain.

Tens of millions of people are now taking the medications worldwide, turning what began as an obesity and diabetes treatment into what could be modern medicine’s largest unplanned neuroscience experiments.

[...] On social media and at doctor’s offices, some users have reported a type of brain fog and others something broader and harder to define: a strange emotional flattening. People describe less pleasure, less motivation, diminished interest in hobbies and even reduced sexual desire... (MORE - details)
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Some days:
Watching the chemical/pharmaceutical industry seems very much like watching a toddler trying to figure out how to operate the old pickup truck.

 

[TheVat]

and even reduced sexual desire...

Have the feeling that potential SE will motivate some to reconsider the classics like smaller portions, willpower passing vending machines and fastfood joints, piling on the fiber, probiotic gut colony adjustment, long walks, etc. My daughter did it old school and returned to ~ highschool weight. She figured out that there's no one panacea - you do everything and integrate into your life. And retain an awareness that the industrial food biz is about constant marketing seductions to eat and drink highly processed carbs.