Weight loss jabs like Ozempic and Mounjaro 'linked to 170 deaths' - including adults in their 20s

[Ragnar]

Weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro 'linked to 170 deaths'

Experts today sounded an alarm over the death toll as millions more are in line to get the jabs to curb the nation's bulging waistline.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Just came across this article. It’s interesting because they even mention that

“A death reported to the MHRA does not necessarily mean it has been caused by the medicine – only that someone had a suspicion it may have been. The death may have been entirely coincidental, health chiefs warn.”

I get there is some risk but it almost feels like this is a scare campaign since correlation doesn’t equate to causation.

 

[ZippityDooDah]

It's kind of like how when someone dies in a car crash, because blood tests showed that they were drunk or high on drugs, that's what everyone will blame; skipping over the fact that they were stopped at a red light when an out-of-control tractor trailer hit them head-on.

 

[IshimaruKenta]

 

[hexagonal]

Looks like the MHRA Yellow Card program is about the same as VARS in the USA when it comes to reporting requirements - literally anyone can make the report. They don't have to be any sort of medical professional at all, much less a coroner/medical examiner/foresenic pathologist/similar. My grandmother's next door neighbor died and I heard she was on ozempic - suspicious! I can report it to the program referenced in this article.

It's kind of like how when someone dies in a car crash, because blood tests showed that they were drunk or high on drugs, that's what everyone will blame; skipping over the fact that they were stopped at a red light when an out-of-control tractor trailer hit them head-on.

Every time this has happened to me, it really ruined my weekend.

 

[ZippityDooDah]

Every time this has happened to me, it really ruined my weekend.

Many years ago a friend was hit head on by a UPS truck while at a red light. It ruined his weekend and his ability to get around for several months, but the phrase "It's like getting hit by a cash register" was not an exaggeration.

 

[IshimaruKenta]

I feel that more than 170 people die from jabs of another kind.

 

[MsGizmo]

Weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro 'linked to 170 deaths'

Experts today sounded an alarm over the death toll as millions more are in line to get the jabs to curb the nation's bulging waistline.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Just came across this article. It’s interesting because they even mention that

“A death reported to the MHRA does not necessarily mean it has been caused by the medicine – only that someone had a suspicion it may have been. The death may have been entirely coincidental, health chiefs warn.”

I get there is some risk but it almost feels like this is a scare campaign since correlation doesn’t equate to causation.

Even if all 170 deaths were DIRECTLY linked to taking GLP-1 drugs its still going to be less of a risk than being obese. In the US alone 300 thousand people die every year from obesity related causes.

 

[randompersonrandom]

Many years ago a friend was hit head on by a UPS truck while at a red light. It ruined his weekend and his ability to get around for several months, but the phrase "It's like getting hit by a cash register" was not an exaggeration.

I knew of a woman in Chicago many years ago who died on a motorcycle, stopped at a red light, being slammed into by a car behind her. I was a motorcycle safety instructor at the time, got asked about it all the time because she was known in the community. It made everything we were doing feel so dark-comedy.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Eli Lilly must be writing some nice checks to get shit like this circulated.

 

[gulangaloid]

Eli Lilly must be writing some nice checks to get shit like this circulated.

er, you know eli lilly makes one of the drugs in the title, right?

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Oops, haha. Thought it was referencing grey versions. Was multitasking while skimming article lol

 

[MadisonB]

Linked. Am I missing scientific evidence or cold hard facts? Seems like yet another pearl clutch article.

 

[IshimaruKenta]

Linked. Am I missing scientific evidence or cold hard facts? Seems like yet another pearl clutch article.

That's the Daily Mail in a nutshell. Sensationalist.

 

[Rezn8]

Even if all 170 deaths were DIRECTLY linked to taking GLP-1 drugs its still going to be less of a risk than being obese. In the US alone 300 thousand people die every year from obesity related causes.

Right?!!

Based on the numbers sighted in the article (173 deaths of approx 1.7M users) its 0.01% fatality rate. Brain freeze from ice cream probably has a higher fatality rate

 

[Nmcoyote1]

It will be interesting to see how this turns out over time. The good news is the risk looks really low, But is not zero. “exenatide, branded as Bydureon, was linked to 55 deaths”