https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/why-does-ozempic-cure-all-d...
Beyond their somewhat miraculous effects on obesity, they seem to have a wide variety of positive effects even for non-overweight people. They are likely the best and broadest thing we have for stopping negative addictions. They have incredibly positive effects for immune issues. Plus strong early trial results for Parkinson's, Alzheimers, and heart and kidney disease.
I also think they are underrated and there may be some alpha in them for a few reasons:
1. People seem to hate the idea that someone can "cheat" at losing weight, almost seeming to hope they have some unknown side effect.
2. People seem to dismiss them as "only working because obesity causes all those issues", probably the biggest fallacy as we have evidence already, and I think will find much more, that the addictive, immune, kidney and heart effects are not due to weight loss/fasting.
3. People don't seem to realize how huge a deal it is if they do have a strong effect on immune issues - immune system issues underly so many health issues of different names from allergies to Alzheimers to all sorts of terrible diseases, and I now know a couple non-overweight people who have reported nearly miraculous results with them.
4. Their effects on addiction likewise just by themselves are big. Another friend/smoker since high school, smokes nearly a pack a day tried it and for the first time since HS didn't smoke a cigarette for a whole day - multiple days in a row.
BTW it seems tirzepatide is significantly better for at least some of these effects than semaglutide.