Diabetes drug Ozempic is in short supply worldwide due to its use by TikToker as a diet pill.
Hashtagged nearly 207.2 million times on the app, the drug has become a must-have product signature.
A young woman is seen smiling at the camera as she prepares to take her medicine. They pull an injection pen out of a packet and push the needle into their stomach.
Then share how much you ate per day during treatment and how much weight you have lost or would like to lose in the next week.
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@greanna I can’t believe how quickly this worked… 20kg in 8 weeks😮💨 #fyp #ozempic #weightlosscheck
There is also a support group on Facebook for those who want to try Ozempic.
More recently, diabetes treatments have begun to be prescribed as “off-label” for weight loss. It can be purchased without a prescription.
The remedy has become a slimming method in Hollywood, too, with stars paying $1,500 a month for the promise of losing a few pounds.
Ozempic (generic name semaglutide) mimics the hormone that controls appetite by producing a feeling of fullness.
The dose is administered to someone by weekly injections that have been shown to produce an average 6-15% loss of body weight over a one-year period, depending on the strength of the dose. Independent report.
But as therapy gains more recognition on TikTok, its reach is expanding like never before.
pharmaceutical journal Earlier this year, the app was found to be the “worst culprit” in attacking young people with medical misinformation online.
GP Simon Gordon says Ozempic “works well” in obese patients. He says his patients “have lost a lot of weight, [be] I can get off my blood pressure meds…so far it’s helping. ”
Still, there are reasons to be cautious, especially given the tumultuous past of diet therapy.
At least 25 other weight loss treatments have been approved by medical authorities in the last 60 years, but banned when side effects come to the fore.
This includes heart valve damage, stroke, fatal lung conditions, and more.
Ozempic has been proven to be safe and effective, but medically suppressing appetite alone is not a long-term solution to weight loss, so the drug should be used in conjunction with a healthy eating and exercise plan. It is intended for
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