People facing backlash after using the diabetes drug Ozempic for weight loss

The drug surged in popularity last year but now some say they're being shamed for taking it.

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[VernCrisler]

Wegovy is actually approved for weight loss. It's just the same drug as Ozempic but at a higher dose.

[jsjohnson]

I am diabetic and prescribed this drug that I can not get now because of people using it for weight loss. You should maybe be more careful not to eat so much and exercise instead of killing someone with diabetes.

[sophiemicheal]

It’s the best weight loss meds out there I personally lost 15kg in 5 months

[ajmss]

It's changed my life and dropped my insulin levels a huge amount! 60 pounds down in 6 months judge if they want but no matter a persons situation if they need it for weight or diabetes it's a need period and it all ends with benefiting a persons health. Be mad at the company who isn't producing enough not the people who are in need no matter the circumstances.

[bheathrow]

Is this an advertisement pretending to be news?

[jelena]

Why would people post their personal health info online in the first place?

[royw-g]

The thing that worries me is that this is getting so popular that some people will start producing fake knock off versions that 1) will not work 2) may well be dangerous.

[Scorpio_]

I am on week 2 I am Type 2 so SHAME me all you want! If youre not a Diabetic you got no ground to stand on UNDERSTAND!?

[stevenacken]

I have it now for Type 2, I have taken metformin but it’s just not doing much. Side effects are a bit rough at the start but it’s not for weight loss. It’s for my diabetes.

[nkcu]

Theyll run out of ozempic due to high demand/prices and gain all the weight back and more

[RANDY]

Ozempic diabetes drug is not a smart thing to use to lose weight not at all it can cause serious health problems, and it will bring on dehydration which can cause serious damage to your kidneys, the best way to lose weight like I did is the old fashion way, first off you have to stop being lazy and stop looking for a magic pill to lose weight, let me tell you how I lost 50 pounds, I am a diabetic type 2, and my doctor told me I should lose weight to help improve my diabetes and blood pressure so what I did was I got serious I stopped using my tread mill as a clothes rag I dusted it off and put it to use I started working out on the treadmill 30 mins a day 6 days a week I did a complete turn around with my diet and started eating healthy I started this in the year 2019 I gave up fried foods process food, rice food that has a lot of starch, juices, I started eating bake chicken, turkey meat no red meat or pork, I gave up red meat and pork 18 years ago, I eat spinach, Broccoli, carrots, lots of spring water, if u want a cookie eat a sugar free cookie but not much of that, no sodas, my A1C was 7.8 when I first became a diabetic in 2015 now its 5.6 when I first started losing the weight I lost 15 pounds in the first month then it kept coming down as I did the tread mill and stayed on my diet, I used to weight 240 when I started right now I am 199 pounds at 6'2'' and feeling very good, you have to have a made up mind to lose weight and be discipline with it that's all it takes to lose weight you can do it, STAY HEALTHY God bless you.

[ronpreece]

It’s shameful that these doctors talk about the benefits of these drugs which are great while you’re on them but you can’t stay on them forever they never seem to talk about the diet going forward so they don’t rebound back to the way they were. There’s no shame in discussing diet, but they seem to think there is.

[dannief]

Listen...I am type 2 and have insulin resistance, and my Trulicity is not being manufactured because F's like people who are using it for weight loss caused me not to be able to get it for my insulin resistance. I am Ozembic to help with my insulin resistance. STOP USING OZEMBIC FOR YOUR WEIGHT LOSS PROBLEMS. I AM A TYPE 2 AND NEED THIS MEDICATION FOR MY INSULIN RESISTANCE. YOU ARE MESSING WITH MY LIFE IF THIS MEDICATION IS NOT AVAILABLE TO ME. YOU CAUSED MY TRULICITY TO NOT BE AVAILABLE CAUSING MY WELL BEING TO BE EFFECTED. STOP USING OZEMBIC FOR YOUR STUPID WEIGHT LOSS PROBLEMS. TYPE 2'S NEED THIS NOT YOU SO, STOP.

[bubblegumblue]

People do everything under the sun but go to the fucking gym and cut back on cake.

[jsijret]

If they act their age and stop telling random people what meds they’re on then nobody would be able to shame them

[carriemcgill]

A lot of fat shamers here. The irony is that probably half of the shamers are fat themselves. If you want to hate yourself, be my guest, but don't let that hate poison everyone around you. Focus on loving yourself instead.

[JackHartounian]

Anyone tried Ozempic for Jelly Roll? safe and works

[RavenousFallen]

Lot of fat celbs on it instead of just reducing what they eat.

[dcone]

Get online and read the full side effects!! If u want thyroid tumers and chronic liver disease, among other things, then, sure 🤷. Oh, and in some non diabetic people, it's causing pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes.

[Stephen_Eee]

The best part is they can continue to eat McDonalds and Little Debbie while they shoot up.