@TruthSandwich On typical weight loss bia diet lean muscle mass is approximately 35% of your weight loss. This is closely in line with weight loss under ozempic so muscle loss is minimal to none once you normalize for this.

And yes, the advantages to your blood sugar will fade once you stop taking it, much as the effects of diet will go away once you stop dieting.

It is a perfectly legitimate diabeties medication and quite good at weight loss when used in people who are at risk of diabeties or pre-diabetic, and even people who arent but are significantly obese.

Obviously it would be a poor choice if you had to loose 5 or 10 pounds.