So Ozempic DOES have a side effect...it's right there on the label!

[RobDownSouth]

Ozempic and its second generation cousins Mounjaro and Zepbound are the latest drug of choice to help women lose up to 20% of their body weight.

Prescription literature clearly states that obese women who lose that much weight often notice their periods changing from nonexistent (or irregular) to extremely regular like clockwork. This means a greater risk of fertile periods monthly and a corresponding increase in unintended pregnancy.

What scientists are now investigating is women who have PCOS and specifically take birth control to prevent pregnancy are also reporting unexpected pregnancies. Doctors are attempting to determine if some body chemistry interaction in semiglutides are working to defeat the active ingredients in birth control pills (not unlike the over-the-counter supplement St. John's Wort).

Republicans seem eager to exploit this interaction to assert more control over women. Literotica female behavior experts Chobham and HisArpy did not return immediate requests for comment

 

[butters]

i don't think a lot of people jumping on these weight-loss drugs realise that once you start taking them, you need to keep taking them; if you stop, expect any weight that's been lost to return

But starting the drug without caution can be harmful in the long term, according to Steven Heymsfield, MD, a professor of metabolism and body composition at Louisiana State University. He said it’s “almost a paradigm” in obesity medicine that when a person stops an effective weight loss treatment, whether it be pharmacologic or behavioral, their weight tends to rebound.

“There’s a warning here: You take this drug and you lose a lot of weight. But you need to stay on it for the rest of your life. Are you willing to do that? And if you get off of it, the chances are really good you’re going to go right back to where you were,” Heymsfield told Verywell.

In a large study published last spring, people who stopped taking semaglutide after regular use gained back an average of two-thirds of the weight they lost in a year. The trial was funded by Novo Nordisk, the company that makes Ozempic and Wegovy.1

“My excitement is balanced with the experience that these drugs are potentially dangerous and they’re very powerful and they should be treated with respect,” Heymsfield said. “This rebound phenomenon is more than I’ve seen in the past. Relapse is universal when people stop obesity treatment, but this one seems to be associated with a more rapid rebound.”

factor in the out-of-pocket costs, and the risks of drug shortages (as seen by diabetics who use them but have trouble getting them since the weight-loss fad took off), and it's not a drug that should be used as a go-to for weight for cosmetic weight-loss/vanity purposes.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-happens-when-you-stop-ozempic-7479723

 

[RoryN]

I love how they're coining terms like "Ozempic Face" and "Ozempic Breasts" when the effects associated with those have been happening to people experiencing significant / rapid weight loss since the beginning of time.