The majority of studies on the long term side effects have so far been with diabetic patients who tend to have better maintained diets. It’ll probably work even better with athletes who have good diets and all that exercise.

The anecdotal reports coming from some sources like plastic surgeons (they specifically were talking about skin and muscle elasticity) may signal some discovery coming down the pipeline for the average person who takes Ozempiv without improving their diet to account for the protein deficit.