![]() In October 2022, the European Medicines Agency reported “an increase in demand for Ozempic, which has led to intermittent supply shortages that are expected to last into 2023”.īut I only started to think about using it myself after running into my supremely sensible gynaecologist Claire Mellon, who had lost a lot of weight and looked fantastic. Serious possible side effects are listed as pancreatitis, changes in vision, kidney failure, and “possible thyroid tumours, including cancer”. There is a two-year maximum limit for the prescription.Īccording to an August 2022 study, after coming off semaglutide, patients on average put back two-thirds of the weight they lost within a year. In March 2023, Wegovy was approved for NHS use for patients with a BMI that puts them near the top of the obese range, as well as those with at least one weight-related health condition. In clinical studies, the average patient lost 15 per cent of their body weight. Under the trade name Wegovy and made by Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, semaglutide was approved by the FDA for weight management in June 2021. It stimulates the release of insulin, lowers blood sugar and slows stomach emptying. Ozempic is a trade name of the medication semaglutide. In the UK, Ozempic is available only on prescription, to be administered once-weekly. In the US, the FDA approved Ozempic in 2017 to help control blood sugar in type-2 diabetes. It’s that kind of drug: mandatory among the moneyed leisure classes. Friends reported that apparently “everyone” in NYC was taking it before their winter holidays. Various celebrities who may have been on it. Despite all the talk about body positivity (hard to embrace for someone of my age, 60), my relationship with my weight and food has never been an easy one. I’ve spent long, tedious years thinking, talking about and denying myself food – or overeating and feeling guilty. (Obesity runs through my family, and I carry five to six kilos more than I should for my age and build.) More so than ever since I hit the menopause in my late 40s. Ozempic can be helpful in managing both of these conditions but, for me, this is – if you will forgive the food analogy – just the icing on the cake. I don’t have diabetes, but I do have high cholesterol and arthritis. I’ve lost enough weight but I’m afraid of stopping ![]()
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