O-o-o-Ozempic!

Lynette Dufton
2 min readJan 9, 2025

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If I’ve heard that irritating “O-O-O-Ozempic” jingle once, I’ve heard it a thousand times. In the TV commercial, semi-chubby middle-aged folks claim that their A1C is well under control “and I lost some weight!” while doing fun stuff like indoor sky-diving and driving amusement park bumper cars. Evidently, my uncontrolled A1C is all that is keeping semi-chubby me from a happier life. Bring on the Ozempic!

Indoor sky diving must appeal to lots of folks. Brand-name GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic can run as much as $1,100 per month to the uninsured. Nevertheless, Americans spent $40 billion on GLP-1 meds last year and that figure is expected to triple by 2030. The base ingredient in GLP-1 drugs is the top-selling pharmaceutical world-wide in 2024 out-selling birth control, statins, and blood pressure meds. “I’d rather be thin than pregnant with a bad heart.”

At least until RFK, Jr. takes over, the Food and Drug Administration forbids unproven claims for drugs. Word on the street is that Ozempic is not only good for Type 2 Diabetes, but is also effective in treating heart disease, sleep apnea, Alzheimer’s, substance abuse and gambling addiction. Why not the common cold as well? If RFK, Jr allows, I could see Ozempic touted as the All-Time Wonder Drug.

That $1,100 per month cost can be offset. Statistics show that the average household with one family member on GLP-1 spends about $500 less on food and drink over a year. Especially hard-hit are “savory snacks”, doughnuts, and alcohol. Remarkably, fresh produce and yogurt sales increased. Also, GLP-1 users increased demand for pottery classes and pickleball courts at Community Centers. Sorry, Ozempic. I am NOT giving up cheese curls, doughnuts, and bourbon. No matter how much weight I lose, you will NEVER find me in a pottery class or on a pickleball court.

By Ed Dufton

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Lynette Dufton
Lynette Dufton

Written by Lynette Dufton

These posts are written by my father, Ed Dufton, who has an incredible knack of condensing the day’s news into a witty and insightful commentary on society.

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