Archive - Rurik’s Substack

tldr; This is the future Big Food 🤝 Big Pharma wants

Here's my quick summary of the obesity injectables issue.

Feb 26, 2023 •

The NHS is making a disastrous mistake with obesity

Giving people 2 years of obesity injectables is not a solution – just a huge waste of money that makes Big Pharma the payday lender to the NHS.

Feb 24, 2023 •

Obesity meds: the next opioids crisis?

The 6 disturbing parallels between the rollout of OxyContin and the launch of the new injectable obesity medications.

Feb 22, 2023 •

The farce of obesity drugs and "lifestyle changes"

Big Pharma acknowledges that lifestyle changes are needed, but its business model depends on people taking the meds *instead of* changing.

Feb 19, 2023 •

The false choice of body positivity or obesity meds

We can do better than denial, or mass-medication

Feb 8, 2023 •

Medicalizing obesity is Big Pharma’s biggest and most disturbing heist of all time

Their plan is to inject people with hormones, starting as children, and charge them $1000 per month, forever, because... profit?

Feb 2, 2023 •

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