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Rebecca's avatar

Josh, super excited to read this piece. I’ve been taking Wegovy since April and have gone from 203 lbs to 146 lbs with minimal side effects. This drug has truly been a miracle for me - my confidence is way up, I have more energy, I look and feel better - and all of this directly contributes to my performance at work.

An unexpected effect was the impact it had on my drinking. I went from drinking a bottle a night (!) to maybe a glass a week - what a massive difference not just in my pocketbook but also to my mental health.

I’m right there with you - this drug is a game-changer. You’ll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands. Looking forward to following your journey!

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Raven's avatar

The Pill. That’s what came to mind when I read this. I’m neither a doctor nor a sociologist but it’s seems The Pill was a similarly transformative drug. It changed the destiny of so many women, by easily controlling that which had previously been very challenging to control. That’s what it sounds like when I read your description of semiglutides.

And what did women do with their reproductive freedom? They worked! More of them got jobs, and more of them stayed on the job for longer.

Obviously this will look different with semiglutides in some way (again, neither a doctor nor a sociologist) but it establishes how a single pill unlocked extraordinary economic activity in the not-too-distant past.

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