Media doing pharma's bidding with anti-generic drug hit pieces

[SwampNut]

"We'd hate for you to lose all this ad revenue, you should tell people they're gonna die if they use non-branded versions."

 

For the first time in history, a generic version of a drug has become insanely popular and widely used well before the name brand can get approved and made.  Fucking awesome.  Retatrutide is Eli Lilly's next-gen diabetes and obesity peptide.  It has taken off massively, even though it's not through all of the trials (but most of them, and the dosing and safety are fairly well proven already).  I first bought it in October of 2023, to give you a timeline on it, and that was after enough studies were completed to satisfy me.  And I sent my own batch to be tested, so I started using it at the end of 2023. 

 

In particular it has been taken up by the gym rats and workout bros, as something that helps with whatever their goals are.  You can't put that genie back in the bottle; those guys have been buying illegal 'roids from the back of a magazine since at least the 80s.  A legal peptide that can't really be controlled?  Never gonna stop it.  Anarchy is good.

 

 

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/retratrutide-eli-lilly-new-weight-loss-jab-untested-skxpbh75z

 

The article is rife with all the usual hit piece language that suggests doom and gloom without actually telling you anything.  It avoids making truly total lies, while lying to you in context.

 

The next weight-loss drug is here — but it’s fake and untested

 

Even before Eli Lilly’s promising retatrutide jab passes clinical trials, Chinese rip-offs are being sold to teenagers with no checks

 

 

[tomek]

Jesus, teenagers need weight loss drugs? 

 Also, wouldn't for typical hypochondriac placebos work just as well? Even less expensive and no risks whatsoever.