So Elon is gonna die of pancreatic cancer? Can we please start tripling his doses to make this happen sooner?
Weight loss jabs study begins after reports of pancreas issues
Submitted 3 days ago by blackn1ght@feddit.uk to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ged0r1n3wo
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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Pancreatitis not cancer.
It is inflammation. Can be minor(short term pain and gastric issue), But when acute can lead to death. Mainly as it seriously harm other organs and has a systemic effect on the body when the pancreas fails.
steeznson@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The side-effects would need to be pretty extreme for the cost-benefit analysis to show using weight-loss drugs was more harmful than being obese.
I’m somewhat uncomfortable with the idea of muting some of our reward pathways in the brain though. Anecdotal reports so far have had people saying it has helped them with alcoholism and gambling in addition to losing weight, which makes me wonder if we’re using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut. At the same time I don’t have a genetic disposition towards gaining weight so maybe I’d have a different opinion if I’d tried everything else to lose weight and had felt out of options before these drugs came along.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Pancreatitis ranges from minor to life threatening.
It can become systemic harming multiple organs.
So idepending on what this study shows when done. A high number of severe cases. Could def be worse for the NHS then obesity. Considering 1 in 4 adults meet the obesity Def now. And 1 in 5 cases of pancreatitis are classed as severe. Mass roll out could be a disaster if the study shows high numbers suffer this effect.