memes

hideshow 5 child comments

parent

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

semaglutid abuser celebrities

Sorry is this a thing or just a joke? I have little knowledge of either fitness pharmaceuticals or celebrity news, but my understanding was that low abuse potential was a standout feature of the new peptides?

hideshow 4 child comments

parent

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

I think it’s because they’re using it for aesthetics and not just health improvement.

Getting healthy and getting skinny aren’t the same.

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago

Fair enough, though if dysmorphia is the only litmus, a gym habit could be construed as abuse, so I assume there’s something more implied here — e.g., exceeding clinical guidelines for eating disorder enablement (if the peptide is even capable of that, which I don’t know).

parent

[–] coriza@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

In medical/pharmaceutical context isn't "abuse potential" specific to drugs that feels good/get you high... Like street drugs? In the case I think OP means that people is abusing for the results instead. Like people that do too much plastic surgery and loose track of what they first wanted to improve.

parent

[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 months ago

All my knowledge about ozempic comes from a south park episode. From that and tabloid news it seems like a lot of people use it for non medical purposes