Ozempic risk: could weight loss injections be fatal? | 60 Minutes Australia

What I believe is being overshadowed, is the sheer desperation people have to lose weight.

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People don’t want the Covid Vaccine but when it’s about losing weight everything is forgotten.

I am currently on Ozempic, though my situation is kinda different, I'm already a diabetic and at my heaviest i was over 230kg. I was 165kg when i started Ozempic 5 weeks ago. So far i have not noticed any of the nausea side effects however prior to taking the medication i often experienced nausea especially after eating a meal. My GP who prescribed it mentioned all the side effects that could occur and told me if anything felt off i should immediately stop taking it. My pharmacist also mentioned the exact same things as my GP. I personally feel the drug should be used by people who are like me, diabetic and morbidly obese, unfortunately we have people like the "entrepreneur" in this clip prescribing it to people who not only dont need it but are using it as a cosmetic/quick fix alternative for their beauty treatments.

My colleague became extremely sick on ozempic. She ended up in hospital for weeks. The specialists said they have seen several people like her who developed severe intestinal disease on starting the drug. In her case the drug triggered extreme inflammation, ulcers and bleeding - ulcerative colitis and crohns like symptoms but even worse. She was dying slowly from intestinal disease. Her primary doctor didn’t think Ozempic could do that but when she was so sick she collapsed- specialists at the hospital said it was certainly linked and sadly, increasing. She is now recovering but will have issues for life now.

As soon as I heard about this miracle weight loss cure, I knew terrible problems would be coming. Nothing easy comes without consequences.

I’m a ER RN and a type 2 diabetic and was prescribed Ozempic specifically for blood sugar control. My final dosage is 1mg weekly which is half of the max dose of 2mg. My HgBA1c normalized. As a side note over a year with portion control and carbohydrate reduction I lost 52 lbs and gained a new lease on life. Was there occasional nausea? Yes but never debilitating. Was there bouts of diarrhea when overeating or eating fatty foods? Absolutely . Semiglutides are not a magic weight loss shot. It does decrease your appetite and my comment since being on it is that there seemed to be more willpower in that little shot than I ever had. I’m still taking it weekly with no plan to increase my dosage- I do not believe the medication should be prescribed for strictly weight loss purposes unless the patient is morbidly obese.

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I can't believe she was prescribed sexenda and oempic both at the same time..... those are the exact same medications. That's alarming. Whoever prescribed those together should be held accountable for that.

I'm a physician, one who prescribes this medication, as well as other similar meds. My wife and I tried it, and were sick from the very beginning. Reflux and burping began immediately. It only got worse from there. I felt anxiety, depression (never felt either before), severe fatigue, nausea, constipation, and finally, stomach paralysis (ileus). I brought up food from 5 days before, completely undigested. That is when we both stopped it. I was lucky, but I am very up front about it's side effects to my patients.

Absolutely heartbreaking. RIP Trish🙏

I agree that I too “am afraid for what is happening to medicine” and I am a nurse who sees it from the inside. God help us.

4:29 - Saxenda (liraglutide) is also a GLP-1 agonist - it is absolutely no wonder that she had such tragic consequences by Ozempic (semaglutide) being co-prescribed. This is infuriating to me as a pharmacist. I wonder if she got the prescriptions from different doctors. A doctor writing both to a patient is an absolute malpractice. But I lean more toward her getting each prescription from different providers and filling them as different pharmacies, one with insurance and one at cash price.

I am type 2 diabetic. Endocrinologist pushed and insisted i go on it for weight loss. He didnt even take into consideration that i had lost weight by vigorous walking and strict diet and Very close to target weight. My readings were almost in the normal level. I said No! My dr also said, Ozempic is a cure for diabetes. I refuse to see either one again. We must own our own health care and not be coerced into another's agenda!

I’ve dropped 70 pounds on ozempic and I couldn’t be happier, 0 change to lifestyle as I was already quite active and ate fairly well, I got my life back, had some stomach issues at first but have completely gone and on a mid level dosage, doc asked if I wanted to up it but no need, I have the results I wanted and it’s made an amazing difference to me

my father starved to death after being prescribed this by a 'consultant'.While he was already very elderly, very frail, diabetic but NOT overweight, with many other complications, I have ZERO doubt that the rapid starvation was what killed him.

The thing that surprises me is why doctors do not educate their patients about the various side effects. I am a Type 1 diabetic so I have to take insulin. I am overweight so the doctor thought I should try Ozempic as he said it may help lose some weight. Usually, it is for Tyoe 2 diabetics but doctors often prescribe it for weight loss. Prior to taking the drug I consulted my Retinal eye specialist as the information sheet in the Ozempic box mentioned the possibility of eye damage. He said he has noticed a number of his patients eye problems have worsened since taking Ozempic. He said the majority already had diabetic eye damage but when taking Ozempic their condition worsened. He said he would be wary about taking the drug as currently my eye condition is manageable but if I started the drug it could worsen. I am shocked my endocrinologist (and other doctors) have never mentioned this problem. Once I received my prescription I read the information leaflet and that is where I found the information regarding vision problems. Prior to encouraging their patients take Ozempic doctors need to discuss the dangers involved in taking this drug.

I took Ozempic for about six months and I did lose weight. However, I started to get nausea in the middle of the night which was limiting my sleep to about 4-5 hours a night. Now a few missed hours of sleep isn't going to harm anyone. But multiple months of 4-5 hours of sleep will make you crazy. The medicine does what it's supposed to; it slows down your digestive system. Your stomach empties slowly. I just assumed after I stopped taking the drug my GI tract would return to normal. Well, it didn't and I'm still dealing with this nighttime nausea 18 months later. Buyer beware.

It's amazing how our modern world can never fail to disappoint. Weight loss is like a maze, where you can't skip to the end or cheat it. You have to do the process the intended way

You are exactly correct. I was a diabetic andI thought about Ozempic but I wanted to see how it reacted on others first. I decided not to take it,instead I opt for something more natural because I was out of options and I decided to do a carnivore diet. I am no longer a diabetic and I weigh 138 lbs. thank god I dodged that bullet.