Madison Burgess decided to get serious about weight loss when the scale reached 91 kilograms (200 pounds). She started taking Ozempics. The drug therapy worked better than she had ever thought. Even with a low dose of the starter, she lost more than 2 kg (5 pounds) within the first week.
However, problems began when Burgess, a 25-year-old health care manager from Bloomfield, Michigan, increased her intake according to manufacturer guidelines. “The high doses were rough on me,” she says. Constipation, nausea, diarrhea, and acid reflux collided violently, making eating difficult. That’s when she decided to go back to the lower dose and decide whether she could continue to see the benefits.
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Burgess is just one of those who do “microdosing.” This is an exercise related to psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin. “How do they work?”below).
For some people, it’s about avoiding side effects while losing weight, while others want to take advantage of the anti-inflammatory benefits of these drugs and enjoy other benefits of the heart and brain (see “Wonder Drug”? , below). The same was true for drug microdoses Advertised to extend longevity It is rumored to be the secret weapon of Hollywood stars who hope to look like celebrities for the red carpet events, used by ultra-rich elites like tech entrepreneur Brian Johnson.
The question is whether this off-label, low-dose experiment works.
Source: www.newscientist.com
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