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Americans Want GLP-1s So Badly They’d Give Up Sex for a Year

A new survey found many GLP-1 users would sacrifice sex, dating, relationships, savings, or even take on debt to keep treatment going.

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Weight-loss drugs have become non-negotiable for many Americans, and a new round of survey data captures just how far that goes. One in four who use or want a GLP-1 would give up sex, dating, or a romantic relationship for a year before walking away from treatment.

Telehealth company Trimi surveyed 1,065 U.S. adults about what they’d sacrifice to start or stay on a GLP-1, and the picture that emerges is one of a medication people are willing to protect at almost any cost. Among people who use or want to use one, 82% said they’d give up something else before they’d give up their medication. One in four said that something else could be sex, dating, or a romantic relationship — for a........

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