alt Hacker News> In contrast with the huge amount of money that the pharma industry spends in marketing GLP1 drugs to people
Drugs lose their patents and much of the research on novel medications is done in partnerships with universities, etc. Plenty of other scientists unrelated to the drug companies are continuing research through entirely separate funding. But I guess everyone is in the pocket of big pharma?
> not caring about their long term effects but only on profit.
What long term effects? You still haven't elucidated any concerns.
> I wish there were more Casey and Calley Means in this world instead of ever more metabolic and mentally ill society living more like zombies than free human beings.
You can find plenty of them on instagram, youtube, and tiktok. They'll be happy to sell you another fitness device and Yet Another Protein Powder or a pill made out of some plant extract that has minimal to no scientific evidence of efficacy.
Every drug has long term side effects but people are being sold GLP1 as a miracle weight lost pill when the focus should be on reducing all the toxic junk food that is causing the weight gain in the first place.
And yes, many research programs are funded by pharma - the conlict of interests is blatant and getting more people sicker every year.
Honestly, I’m pretty sure you’re very aware of all this so I question your motivations to be openly promoting a drug that interferes directly with cellular metabolism like if you’re selling candy.