Diabetes drug Ozempic has become a coveted accessory in Hollywood, and even with its high out-of-pocket cost, plenty of normies are on it for weight loss too. But when you consider possible side effects, it's not always the panacea it’s made out to be
, where “Oh! Oh! Oh! Ozempic!” is played to the tune of the 1975 song “Magic.” There are weight-loss specific Ozempic Facebook groups with tens of thousands of members who post before-and-after photos and trade tips on things like where to do the injections . On TikTok, the hashtag“It’s the most common medication that I get asked about,” says Dr. Sudeep Singh, medical director at Apprize Medical, a concierge medical practice in Miami. “Everybody knows. Everyone’s asking about it.
Instead of stopping Ozempic, Toonk asked her doctor to go up to .50 milligrams. “I wanted to keep my eye on the prize: my health, and that post-Ozempic body,” she says. Her doctor obliged, and that’s when things went “truly haywire.” She was so sick all the time that on her 42nd birthday, she only felt comfortable seeing her mom. That night, Toonk vomited again, and her mother told her, “You can’t live like this.
There’s a chance Toonk could’ve found some relief through the recommendations of others who’ve been on the drug, but if you want to join an active, private group like, you have to agree to the rules. This includes No. 5: Posting about Negative Side Effects. “Most people taking this medication DO NOT have negative side effects. In fact, over 80% of people taking Ozempic have mild or no side effects at all.