The battle against fat: Can "Glutide" really help you realize your dream of losing weight while lying down?

Milk tea, hot pot, barbecue, sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner... "I gain three pounds every festival." After the Spring Festival, many young ladies are worried about their increasingly plump bodies, so they have set their sights on a weight loss "magic tool" called "Glutide." Open Taobao or a certain book, and you will find a lot of tips and tricks for using "Glutide." It is said that as long as you take an injection every day/week, you can easily lose 10 pounds, and the key is that you don't have to avoid certain foods! What exactly is "Glutide"? Can it really achieve "lying down to lose weight"?

What exactly is "Glutide"?

It's medicine! A medicine for diabetes!

The family of drugs for treating diabetes is a very large family that lowers blood sugar in the human body through different pathways. Among them, there is a class of hypoglycemic drugs called "glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists", which can inhibit the release of glucagon, lower blood sugar levels in the human body, and also delay gastric emptying, increase satiety, inhibit food intake, etc., to achieve the purpose of lowering blood sugar levels and reducing weight. The weight loss artifact "glutide" mentioned above refers to this type of hypoglycemic drug. There are currently two common drugs of this type on the market: one is "liraglutide" which was launched 10 years ago, and the other is "semaglutide" which was launched only last year.

Who is it suitable for?

In addition to approving this type of drug for diabetic patients, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also approved it for weight loss in overweight and obese patients. my country currently only approves this type of drug for blood sugar control in adult patients with type 2 diabetes, and has not yet approved it for obesity. Using this type of drug for weight loss is considered off-label use in China.

Diabetes is a high-risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. This type of drug is particularly suitable for patients with diabetes and/or obesity who have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, but it is not a "weight loss magic weapon" that is passed down by word of mouth to resist fat! Moreover, for obese patients, even if "Glutide" is used, although the weight is controlled, the body will produce tolerance reactions after long-term use, and weight rebound is also a common phenomenon. What's more frightening is that the expectation that you can enjoy the happiness of fat storage by using "Glutide" without abstinence may be shattered. The delayed satiety of "Glutide" will make you feel sick when you see food, and even cause adverse reactions such as vomiting, diarrhea, drowsiness, and weakness. Foreign research reports point out that the gastrointestinal adverse reactions of "Glutide" reach more than 80%. The incidence of adverse drug reactions exceeding 10% is a very common adverse reaction, which shows that the risk of this drug is relatively high. Even people who are suitable for using "Glutide" cannot escape these adverse reactions, not to mention abusers without indications. Even "Glutide" may increase the risk of pancreatitis, gallstones, and medullary thyroid cancer.

Can the dream of losing weight really come true?

"Glutide" is a hypoglycemic drug and a prescription drug that can only be obtained with a doctor's prescription.

However, the body anxiety caused by the aesthetic trend has made "Glutide" popular on the Internet, known as "the weight loss injection that the whole Internet is taking", and even became the "underground darling" of unscrupulous merchants. These unscrupulous merchants launched an exaggerated propaganda offensive, claiming that it is "harmless, non-toxic, and has no side effects", and "one fat ruins everything, one injection relieves worries." As a result, "Glutide" is popular among the people, and it is even difficult to get a shot. Driven by interests, some illegal organizations even adopt the method of purchasing from abroad and smuggling it back to China. Let's not talk about whether these "Glutide" purchased by agents are suitable for you, and we may not even guarantee the quality. For example, liraglutide needs to be "placed in an environment of 2-8 degrees Celsius", and whether the purchased drugs can always be transported and stored under cold chain conditions is a question mark. So, please put aside the delusion of "eating and drinking as much as you want" and "realizing the dream of losing weight while lying down", and let the "Glutide" that is mistakenly loved by the ladies return to its true purpose of lowering blood sugar.

There is no shortcut to losing weight. Improving your lifestyle is the cornerstone of weight loss. Scientific diet and appropriate weight lifting are the best way to lose weight!