Navigating the jungle of health influencers

A sting in the lower abdomen and that’s it! In the space of a year, Ozempic, an antidiabetic, has become the preferred drug of influencers on social networks. Not that these personalities with millions of subscribers are breaking the taboo of a chronic illness affecting 14% of the world’s adult population. This is more a choice, like many American stars of the small and big screen, to dangerously divert the use of this medication for the purposes of… losing weight. Risky behavior denounced in France by Health Insurance and the National Medicines Safety Agency. Used without medical supervision, Ozempic can « cause potentially serious adverse effects, such as gastrointestinal disturbances, pancreatitis or hypoglycemia »thus reminds the ANSM. A useful alert, but which is far from having the same reach as the posts and other short videos delivered by influencers to their influencers…