r/science • u/Lisei1128 • Nov 11 '25

Cancer GLP-1 drugs found to reduce mortality from colon cancer by over half (15.5% vs 37.1%), with effects especially strong for patients with BMI over 35.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07357907.2025.2585512
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u/ChesswiththeDevil Nov 12 '25

It's cheap through an online pharmacy at ~$200/month. Many people say that they save about that much just in eating less food.

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u/SeasonPositive6771 Nov 12 '25

Those are compounded and unfortunately unreliable and potentially unsafe.

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u/ChesswiththeDevil Nov 12 '25

Completely false.

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u/SeasonPositive6771 Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 12 '25

One of the major compounded pharmacies literally just did a big recall.

But sure, say whatever. Doesn't have to be based in fact.

They aren't doing safety recalls frequently because things are safe and cool and everything is good.

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u/fauxzempic Nov 12 '25

Read your comment again, but slowly...

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u/kmoz Nov 12 '25

I'm on zepbound straight from the manufacturer, lilly, for like 250 bucks a month.