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As a host of stars admit to using weight loss jabs, they\u2019ve also experienced some nasty side effects along the way\u2026<\/p>\n
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Sharon Osbourne\u00a0lost three stone after using new \u2018weight loss\u2019 drug Ozempic, but she recently warned people about the dangers of using it\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Dubbed a \u2018wonder\u2019 weight loss drug, Ozempic has recently proved popular among many Hollywood stars for a quick and easy way to lose weight. The injection, made up of semaglutide, increases insulin levels in your body and decreases blood sugar (glucose). Together this helps to banish hunger pangs and aid rapid weight loss.\u00a0
But experts have warned about the dangerous side effects of using Ozempic recreationally. While Ozempic is licensed in the UK for managing blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes only, it is not licensed as a weight loss aid. Pharmacist Dr Randall Higgins explains some of the most common side effects. \u201cOzempic influences the rate of gastric emptying and can significantly impact gut hormones that regulate digestion and appetite. As a result, side effects like severe nausea, vomiting, gallstones, and pancreatitis are increasingly being reported,” he says. \u201cAdditionally, discontinuing Ozempic can lead to significant weight regain, as its appetite-suppressing effects wear off, risking a harmful yo-yo cycle. Any medication capable of such powerful systemic changes deserves medical caution, not promotion as some new fad diet.\u201d
Former\u00a0X Factor\u00a0judge Sharon Osbourne\u00a0lost three stone after using Ozempic, but she recently warned people against using it as she feels she\u2019s lost too much weight and is struggling to put it back on.
The 71-year-old said, \u201cEverybody was on it and I thought, \u2018Well, I\u2019ll have a bit of that.\u2019 And so this is the outcome,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a year since I started to diet and I\u2019ve lost 42lb. I can\u2019t seem to put weight back on, which is a luxury, but also it\u2019s like, be careful what you wish for.\u201d
Describing her symptoms in detail, Sharon – who at her heaviest was 16st but says she now fluctuates between 7st and 7st 2lb\u00a0– said she felt nauseous for two-three weeks and was left feeling very thirsty and not wanting to eat.
\u201cThat’s why I keep saying you’ve got to keep this stuff away from younger people because they will go berserk on it, and it’s not right,\u201d she explained.
\u201cOzzy\u2019s concerned because he says I look like Nancy Reagan. I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh dear.\u2019 He gets worried because he says I don\u2019t eat enough and my son\u2019s worried too.\u201d
Comedian Amy Schumer, 42, also shared that\u00a0she tried taking Ozempic for weight loss but stopped after she developed side effects that left her feeling weak and fatigued.
\u201cI was one of those people that felt so sick and couldn\u2019t play with my son. I was so skinny and he\u2019s throwing a ball at me and [I couldn\u2019t],\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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US chat show host Oprah Winfrey said the weight loss drug she\u2019s been using \u2018quiets the food noise\u2019<\/p>\n
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Oprah Winfrey sparked controversy last month when she admitted she uses a weight loss drug. The chat show queen, 70, once said that taking drugs to aid weight loss\u00a0would be “the easy way out”. But she revealed in an interview that she uses the new Hollywood craze “as a tool\u201d.
She said, \u201cI now use it as I feel I need it, as a tool to manage not yo-yoing. The fact that there’s a medically approved prescription for managing weight and staying healthier, in my lifetime, feels like relief, like redemption, like a gift, and not something to hide behind and once again be ridiculed for. I\u2019m absolutely done with the shaming from other people and particularly myself.\u201d
Oprah also revealed she took the medication before Thanksgiving.\u00a0She admitted, \u201cI knew I was going to have two solid weeks of eating\u201d. She added, \u201cInstead of gaining eight pounds like I did last year, I gained half a pound.\u201d Oprah, who claimed she once weighed 17 stone, said of the unnamed drug, \u201cIt quiets the food noise.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Reality star Jennifer Fessler said she had to go to hospital as a result of taking Ozempic<\/p>\n
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Real Housewives of New Jersey\u00a0star Jennifer Fessler revealed that she was hospitalised for an ‘impacted bowel’\u00a0due to a semaglutide,\u00a0but it hasn’t stopped her from continuing to take it.\u00a0
Last month, the 55-year-old shared the side effects she has experienced using the weight loss drug.
\u201cI have been on, and I’m not going to call it Ozempic \u2014 that’s been the umbrella name. But I’ve been on semaglutide for over a year now, and I’ve lost maybe 22 pounds,\u201d she revealed on her podcast Two Jersey Js.
She added, \u201cI\u2019m not afraid of Ozempic and I will tell you I have had an experience that was not good and I’m pretty positive it was about the semaglutide \u2014 where I had to go to the hospital for an impacted bowel \u2026 and I’m still not nervous about it.\u201d
She went on to say she didn\u2019t drink water or eat vegetables because she was able to eat whatever she wanted and still lose weight. \u201cMaybe for the first time in my life, I’m losing weight on pizza and bagels and ice cream,\u201d she said.
She continued, \u201cHaving said that, I noticed there was constipation, I didn’t do anything about it. I wasn\u2019t taking Miralax, that you take every morning, or any kind of stool softener.
\u201cI hadn’t gone in a week, then it was a week and a half.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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ER actress Maria Bello experienced nausea and vomiting\u00a0after taking Ozempic to lose weight gained during the menopause<\/p>\n
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Actress Maria Bello revealed she tried Ozempic to keep the menopause \u2018at bay\u2019 but was hit with harsh side effects. The 56-year-old former\u00a0ER\u00a0star told fans on Instagram she had tried numerous ways to combat the difficulties of menopause.
\u201cI went through the first half of menopause during Covid and tried everything to keep it at bay,\u201d she wrote.\u00a0She added that she been taking bio-identical hormones and tried to diet \u2018hard\u2019 and \u2018fast\u2019, but still managed to gain 15 pounds. She explained, \u201cI tried Ozempic\u00a0for a week but gave up after the constant nausea and vomiting, got rid of the waddle on my neck, tried Botox, fillers and lasers, face creams, cellulite machines, face threads, teeth straightening and more.\u201d\u00a0\u201cI did copious amounts of therapy, including micro-dosing psilocybin, left Hollywood and all social media and at the end of it all finally moved to Paris. That was October of 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n
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People have started acting differently around her since she\u2019d lost weight, Heather Gay explains<\/p>\n
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Another US celeb who has used Ozempic is\u00a0Real Housewives of Salt Lake City\u00a0star Heather\u00a0Gay. The 49-year-old said, \u201cI’ve been on it for a long time, but hadn’t really seen much results. And I haven’t had massive results,\u00a0but enough for people to notice, which is great.\u201d
The reality star then went on to reveal that people have started acting differently around her\u00a0since she started dropping the pounds, which she has found \u201cdiscouraging.\u201d\u00a0
\u201cYou lose five pounds, people are nicer to you,\u201d she continued. \u201cI don’t know why. It’s just the way the world works and that makes me sad for women.\u00a0But happy that I’m down five.
Heather also commented that women put too much pressure on themselves and she fears for her daughters\u2019 future.
\u201cI have three daughters that I love and I don’t want them to have my genetics or have to struggle with society’s standards of beauty. I just wish that there was a solution for all of us,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I’m feeling like I’m coming into my own a little bit and I think the glow up might be a little bit from that, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Reality star Darcey Silva took Ozempic to curb her \u2018appetite\u2019<\/p>\n
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90 Day Fiance\u00a0star Darcey Silva has been open about using Ozempic to shed weight.
She told fans on instagram Stories last month: \u201cJust got my Ozempic shot, so excited. It\u2019s going to be amazing and transformational,\u201d the 49-year-old said during her visit to a luxury New York City medical spa.
\u201cIt\u2019s gonna help curb my appetite and lose weight.\u201d
In another story, the star wrote that she is \u201cfeeling slim and healthy,\u201d as she was injected in the abdomen by a nurse.<\/p>\n
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