A woman tells the New York Times that Zepbound – part of the class of drugs belonging to the GLP-1 family, which also includes Ozempic and Mounjaro – cured her alopecia. A man reports that taking it for obesity-related sleep apnoea weaned him off cannabis.

On the Reddit user forums devoted to GLP-1s – or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, to give them their full title – there are many posts about rapid weight loss, the relief that follows the silencing of “food noise” or the experience of “feeling full” for the first time. But others barely mention obesity.

One user talks about losing interest in wine: “Even if I think I might be interested in a glass of wine after a particularly long week, I have a sip or two and then hand it to my husband.”

A man describes going out for chicken wings and managing to drink only one beer. “It’s like the thought of having another beer, let alone seven or eight more, almost made me wince,” he says, sounding amazed and perhaps – or maybe I am projecting – not entirely delighted.

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Other users report that GLP-1s cured their acid reflux, joint pain, migraines, Diet Coke........

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