By skyforbes 
Do weight loss injections impact mental health?
In August, a study examined the link between semaglutide use and mental health issues, finding an elevated risk of suicidal thoughts among those using semaglutide, compared to those who used other weight loss drugs.
According to a pharmaceutical industry whistleblower in the US, there’s a lot we still don’t know about the effects of the drug on mental health.
Calley Means, author and founder of health tech firm TrueMed, said that semaglutide — the diabetes medication used off-label to lose weight — poses a potential safety “disaster.” And it’s flying under the radar.
In an interview on The Tucker Carlson Encounter, Means cited reports of a series of long-term side effects — including gastrointestinal issues and mental health issues.
Means said that in the U.S., where the drug is approved to treat obesity (the most popular brand is currently used ‘off-label’ in Australia) up to 30 per cent of patients stopped using it within three months, due to negative gastrointestinal side effects.
It “paralyzes your stomach,” he said. “And there are studies now saying that [the inability] … to digest food actually stays after you go off the drug. You’re consistently seeing patients who go off the drugs gain the weight back.”
“Your serotonin — what produces your contentment and happiness — 95 per cent is made in the gut,” he said, adding weight loss medication “essentially is gut dysfunction.”
When Mamamia asked psychologist Carly Dober from Enriching Lives Psychology for her thoughts, she said concerningly, that the pharmaceutical manufacturer and national medical database received reported feelings of anxiety, panic, depression, and suicidal ideation associated with the use of the drug.