to think more negative effects will come out from Ozempic use?

[nameey]

Just read that the 30 year old singer Avery has been diagnosed with osteoporosis due to Ozempic use. Looks like this could be the start of many conditions coming out.

I know Ozempic is incredibly helpful for a lot of people but losing weight but then having osteoporosis does not seem worth it.

AIBU?

That nurse didn’t die due to the drug. She was gravely unwell anyway. It was a contributing factor, as she was so unwell, but not the direct cause. Sadly she would have died anyway. My gp spoke to me about it, I think it was her gall bladder, I can’t fully recall.

www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/08/approved-weight-loss-drug-contributed-to-uk-nurses-death-report-says

She got it from a doctor who was her mate, why are you so desperate.

Aunty Google is your friend
Yes Lottie Moss got it from a friend of a friend and took a dose which was too high
She misused the drug which is why she ended up in hospital

She didn’t say she got it from a mate who was a doctor @Tulipsandaffodils

Her mate helped her get it but she got it from a doctor.

In fact it’s obvious she did as only doctors can prescribe it but equally obviously, she lied about her current weight to get it. And then failed to follow instructions which is another worry about it being prescribed without a proper face to face GP consultation where the risks can be properly explained.

@nameey the "scary stuff" that you mention is a known risk that is clearly identified in the patient information and when you are prescribed the medication. It's not a new risk or an unknown one. In addition, pancreatitis is a risk of being obese. In fact a significant risk, both of getting it and the severity of it. So, losing weight by taking Mounjaro would overall decrease your risk of severe pancreatitis.

Did you also think it was 'scary stuff' when a tiny number of people had vaccine damage from the Covid vaccine amongst the millions who had no issues? What about other drugs with incredibly rare complications? Are they 'scary stuff' too? You honestly seem to have no idea how rational people consider and balance risk.

No, she got it from a friend who was a doctor and gave her a dodgy prescription!

I took wegovy with a bmi of 32 and ended up in hospital. Unbeknown to me I had gallstones. No problems before taking the drug.
My doctor gave permission.
I now have to have surgery and have been off sick for months.
It is noted in the leaflet as a rare side effect and the pharma company have wanted data from me.

Lottie moss can’t have been clearer. She even says it wasn’t above board. She was not legitimately prescribed. I have no idea why you’re refusing to believe it. She even did a podcast.

Why would a doctor risk their registration & career to knowingly give someone a dodgy prescription? Not very likely, far more likely she lied to get it.

That sounds awful. That would be my concern with taking these sorts of drugs, that I would end up with a worse problem than being a bit more overweight than is ideal. I hope your health recovers from this.

Do you also find the cancer stats of obese people scary?

www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/obesity/obesity-fact-sheet

Do you know what are the increased risk of heart disease, arthritis, cancer etc… due to obesity?

Im not saying that there are no risk with weight loss jab. It’s very clear there are.
But what’s interesting is

• what are the exact risk. Increased risk is nothing. Could increased by 0.1% or increased by 400%.
• how do those risk compare to doing nothing?

Like cancer drugs. We know there are huge risks to taking cancer drugs. It doesn’t mean no one should take them. What you look at is the risk of taking them vs doing nothing.

Staying at the level of ‘it’s increasing risks!!!! No one should ever touch them’ is simplistic and doesn’t reflect the complexity in taking that decision. A decision that should be taken on a person to person basis too. Like any medication.

Fwiw I think everyone should be reading articles like that. That’s part of taking a informed decision.
Whats not good is reading two articles and NOT educating yourself on the other side of the cling but beating a frenzy about how dangerous these are.

And if part of your decision process is to say ‘we don’t know enough about the LT impact ’. Then fair enough. But don’t force everyone to come to the same conclusion than you and shoehorn anything you can find that support your conclusion into it?

Doubtful, look at the stats I just posted, you’re hugely more at risk being fat.

oh goody yes, lets hope all those obese sods keel over and die. Hopefully the depressed ones will suffer from heart attacks too from all their medications

You're extremely naive if you think dodgy doctors don't prescribe drugs for cash to celebrity clients 😆😆

What and is still lying, 😂

Exactly. I've lost six and a half stone since last May on Mounjaro. Supervised by two Consultants.
Only side effects were sulphuric burps.
I was massively, morbidly obese.
Not any more.
We need more data regarding maintenance, which we all know is the hard part.
It's a hard hitting drug, not a "celebrity" fad for a bikini body.

Well personally I think you’re being naive if you think lots of celebrities & Z list celebrities like Lottie Moss aren’t using weight loss drugs to stay slim whether they admit to it or not.

I think it’s highly likely they are & that most of them are getting them from the same online pharmacies people on this thread are using.

But we’ve moved away from the title of this thread which is not about Lottie Moss but about negative side effects that may or may not emerge in future.

So like you’re kong term unknown effects, nothing to back it up, 😂😂😂

My surgery would have been needed at some point but wegovy inflammed my gallbladder. It's was agony.
I wouldn't take the drugs again as I am now much slimmer however for people with morbid obesity they are life changing (I suffered D and V too which is a no for me). Two friends have had few side effects but are diabetic.
In a weird way they did save my life as my pre op ct scan showed something much more sinister and I'm being operated on in the next week.
FWIW I did weigh 20+ stone and had these drugs been available then I would have been first in the queue.

Love this post. Brava! Spot on!

@caffeineneedednow nails it.

Money.

Michael Jackson
Matthew Perry

I doubt Lottie Moss has the same access to money as those two.

In the end no one can know for sure how Lottie Moss got access to drugs that she definitely shouldn't have been prescribed and it's worrying that she managed to do so because of the implications for other young women.

But again, this thread is not about her but rather about whether we think more negative effects will come out from Ozempic use. What do you think?