Why Are Some Using Diabetes Drug Ozempic for Weight Loss?
Talk show host Chelsea Handler is dishing on Ozempic, the diabetes medication that's widely hailed as a miracle weight loss drug. It's gonna be bad.
It's a miracle. It's too good to be true.
Yeah. You can just make people who've struggled with their weight their entire lives thin? It's a miracle. Handler says many of her well-known Hollywood pals, swear by Ozempic. I've injected about four or five of my friends with Ozempic. Can you believe the amount of people in LA that are using that (beep)?
Everyone's on Ozempic.
Oh, my doctor, my anti-aging doctor, just hands it out to anybody. Kim Kardashian and "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star, Kyle Richards, who both lost a lot of weight in just a few months, have denied claims that they used Ozempic. Other women are taking to TikTok in droves touting their Ozempic weight loss stories. This lady says she lost 20 pounds. And look at this woman's remarkable transformation. But Ozempic is not approved as a weight loss drug. ♪ Oh, oh, oh, Ozempic ♪ It's prescribed for diabetes patients to bring down their blood sugar. And there are serious potential side effects including nausea, inflammation of the pancreas, and kidney failure. Another reported side effect, a phenomenon called "Ozempic face." Natasha Veloki says she lost 68 pounds using Ozempic, but it left her face deflated.
I really felt like sometimes I was melting. You really notice it in your jowls and in the hollows of your cheeks. Any type of rapid weight loss can make our face look saggy, heavier, and older than our years. This drug is a great option for many people, for both diabetes management and for weight loss. But it needs to be under proper supervision, proper guidance, and not just as something to get you to that weight loss quickly. The manufacturer of Ozempic tells us it does not suggest or encourage off-label use of its medicines. (dramatic music).
