ISSUES FOR DIABETICS WHO ARE CURRENTLY HAVING A HARD TIME TO GET THE PRESCRIPTIONS. TODAY IT'' S THE TALK OF TIKTOK. >> > > I SIMPLY BEGIN DROPPING POUNDS LEFT AND RIGHT. >> > > Reporter: THE SUBJECT OZEMPIC HAS OVER 300 MILLION SIGHTS. >> > > BEING ON THIS MEDICATION HAS ACTUALLY ASSISTED WITH MY WELLNESS. >> > > Reporter: SCORES OF USERS CREDITING THEIR WEIGHT LOSS SUCCESS, OZEMPIC IS A MEDICATION YOU INFUSE DESIGNED TO BOOST BLOOD SUGAR AND HELP TAKE CARE OF KIND 2 DIABETES. ONE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS IS WEIGHT REDUCTION, MANY ARE USING IT OFF LABEL, A PATTERN THAT MIGHT HAVE BEGAN IN HOLLYWOOD. ANDY COHEN EVEN JUST RECENTLY TWEETING, EVERYBODY IS UNEXPECTEDLY SHOWING UP 25 POUNDS LIGHTER IN WEIGHT? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY QUIT TAKING OZEMPIC? CONSIDERING THAT OZEMPIC'' S GONE VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SOME DOCTORS SAY THEY HAVE BEEN FLOODED WITH QUERIES. >> > >'IT ' S END UP BEING SOMETHING EXTREMELY HOT AND HEAVY IN LOS ANGELES, BAILIFFS. >> > > Reporter: OZEMPIC ' S ACTIVE ACTIVE INGREDIENT FUNCTIONS BY MAKING YOU FEEL FULL LONGER. MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS SAY IT'' S SIMILAR TO, WHICH HAS ACTUALLY BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE FDA AND IS PRODUCED BY THE EXACT SAME PRODUCER. WHEN WE ASKED THE FIRM ABOUT INDIVIDUALS USING OZEMPIC TO SLIM DOWN, IT REACTED IN A DECLARATION, WE DO NOT PROMOTE, SUGGEST OR MOTIVATE OFF-LABEL USE OUR MEDICINES.THE BUSINESS ADDING,
OZEMPIC AND WOGOVI ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE. THE FDA STATES HEALTH AND WELLNESS CARE PROFESSIONALS CONTAINER SUGGEST MEDICATIONS OFF LABEL WHEN CLINICALLY SUITABLE. ANNA McKENNA HAS RECORDED HER 45-POUND WEIGHT REDUCTION TRIP WITH OZEMPIC ON YOUTUBE. > > SURPRISINGLY, IT HAS BEEN MY EASIEST WEIGHT REDUCTION ATTEMPT AND MY MANY SUCCESSFUL. > > Press reporter: SHE CONCURS THAT OZEMPIC ISN ' T A MAGIC PILL, >> INCLUDING HER SIDE IMPACT CONSISTED OF HEADACHES AND EXHAUSTION. A COST SOME MAY AGREE TO PAY FOR FAT BURNING. AND TALKING OF COST, ACCORDING TO THE DRUGMAKER ' S WEBSITE, OZEMPIC CAN COST ABOUT$900 A MONTH. THAT WOULDN ' T BE COVERED BY INSURANCE COVERAGE IF YOU ' RE UTILIZING IT FOR OFF-LABEL UTILIZES. THE FIRM ALSO CONFESSES THAT DUE TO THE NEED AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, THEY ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY IN SOME CASES AND SOME DIABETES HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN THOSE PRESCRIPTIONS.GUYS. > > ALL RIGHT. THANKS. > > JOINING United States WITH MORE UNDERSTANDING, DR. NATALIE AZAR. GREAT MORNING. SO A GREAT DEAL OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT ON
SOCIAL >> MEDIA. IS IT SAFE? IS >> THERE ANY DOWNSIDE ASSUMING YOU CAN AFFORD IT TO TAKING SOMETHING SUCH AS THIS? > > LET ' S JUST ESTABLISHED THE STRUCTURE ONCE AGAIN OFF OF KRISTEN ' S PIECE. THIS IS FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES, IT CONTROLS HAPPY SUGAR AND TARGETS THAT LOCATION IN THE BRAIN THAT >> SENDS THE SIGNAL OF REALLY FEELING FULL EARLY. IT ' S HANDY FOR WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND KIND 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IT CAN DECREASE THE THREAT OF CARDIOVASCULAR OCCASIONS. IT ' S EXPENSIVE, $900 A MONTH. YOU WOULD NEED TO TAKE THE MEDICINE INDEFINITELY. ONCE YOU QUIT IT, YOU THEORETICALLY CONTAINER REGAIN ALL OF THAT WEIGHT. THAT ' S SECRET. YOU MENTIONED SIDE RESULT. THERE ARE SIDE EFFECTS THAT CAN BE CONNECTED WITH IT, INCLUDING NAUSEA OR VOMITING, THROWING UP AND PANCREATITIS, ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY, GALLBLADDER PROBLEMS. > > IF YOU HAD A GOOD FRIEND WHO SAID I ' M THINKING OF UTILIZING THIS, I WANT TO DROP 25 EXTRA POUND, DO YOU ASSUME IT ' S SECURE SUFFICIENT TO SAY IT ' S >> NOT GOING TO INJURY YOU, DO IT? > > RIGHT HERE IS THE THING.IT CAN POTENTIALLY DAMAGE YOU, RIGHT? AND THIS ENTERS INTO THE ENTIRE TOPIC OF UTILIZING A MEDICATION OFF LABEL. THE FDA EXAMINED THIS MEDICINE AND ITS SISTER MEDICATION, THE SAME, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE ACTIVE INGREDIENT
BUT IT IS MARKETED ACTUALLY FOR FAT BURNING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OBESE OR OVERWEIGHT WHO HAVE ONE WELLNESS RELEVANT CONDITION LIKE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR HIGH CHOLESTEROL. THE FDA RESEARCH STUDIES THE MEDICINE BECAUSE POPULATION. THE FDA HASN ' T STUDDED THE MEDICINE IN PEOPLE THAT AREN ' T DIABETIC OR OVERWEIGHT. > > IS IT THE NOTION THAT WHATEVER THREATS THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE SURPASSED BY THE DANGER OF EXCESSIVE WEIGHT AND THOSE HEALTH AND WELLNESS ISSUES? >'> EXACTLY. AT ANY TIME, YOU KNOW, THE BIG ISSUE IS HOW ARE FOLKS GETTING THIS >> MEDICINE, RIGHT?E WAGER OR OBESE HOW ARE YOU GETTING IT? > > HOW ARE THEY? > > THERE IS SITES AND, YOU KNOW– > > YEAH, PLACES. > > SOME INDIVIDUALS ARE OBTAINING PRESCRIPTIONS INAPPROPRIATELY. WHENEVER YOU RECOMMEND– AND WE ACCOMPLISH THIS. I DO THIS IN RHEUMATOLOGY. WE PRESCRIBE MEDICATIONS OFF TAG BUT THERE HAS TO BE SHARED DECISION-MAKING AND THE INDIVIDUAL >>, YOU UNDERSTAND, NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT PROSPECTIVE THREATS CANISTER HAPPEN. > > I BELIEVE YOUR POINT CONCERNING HOW IT ONLY LASTS FOR AS LONG AS YOU TAKE IT– > > EXACTLY. > > IT ' S SORT OF A BIG THING. WHEN YOU QUIT IT, YOU PLACE THE WEIGHT BACK ON? > > POSSIBLY, AND SPECIALISTS SAY YOU COULD GAIN MUCH MORE BECAUSE, REMEMBER, IT ' S REGULATING INSULIN SECRETION AND INFLUENCING HORMONES. IT ' S NOT GOING TO RESET >> YOU FOR LIFE. AND REMEMBER, WITH OZEMPIC I ASSUME THE TYPICAL WEIGHT-LOSS WAS> 14 EXTRA POUNDS. THE OTHER IS 15%OF YOUR BODY WEIGHT. FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED THIS CLINICALLY TOOK CARE OF WEIGHT REDUCTION, IT IS A FANTASTIC DEVICE, BUT THE SCARCITIES ARE REAL.PARTIALLY SUPPLIED. HOW MUCH OF THIS IS PLAYING RIGHT INTO IT? THE FDA HAS BOTH OF THEM ON.