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Hekate

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5. Back when I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and issued a CPAP...

Reply to Kali (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 06:45 PM

11 hrs ago

..the doc involved in the sleep study said people often lost a lot of weight. Then he was surprised I didn’t.

What he didn’t do was read my list of medications. I’ll skip the long history, but the source of my weight gain and inability to lose it was one of my meds, and I had to find it out myself.

Long story, but as you mentioned, vanity is the least of our worries when we have high blood pressure and Type2 diabetes and all that other crap.

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FDA approves weight loss drug Zepbound for sleep apnea [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Semiglutide IowaUnionman 16 hrs ago #1

It's tirzepatide afaik n/t DivByZero 16 hrs ago #2

They don't mention side effects, which I'd like to hear more about. I think I know someone who's using Mounjaro... Hekate 13 hrs ago #3

in general if you lose significant weight, you can improve apnea symptoms. Kali 12 hrs ago #4

Back when I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and issued a CPAP... Hekate 11 hrs ago #5

GLP-1 drugs are not novel DenaliDemocrat 5 hrs ago #6

This is the first I've ever heard of a drug for sleep apnea, and I've been on a CPAP for 20 years Hekate 2 hrs ago #7