To lose weight quickly, many celebrities have revealed in recent months that they have turned to Ozempic, a new drug that is extremely popular in the United States, but whose use is beginning to become more widespread in France.
This injectable anti-diabetic drug increases insulin secretion and reduces fasting and post-meal blood sugar levels. It also tends to reduce appetite, which leads to rapid weight loss. Developed by NovoNordisk laboratories, this drug was quickly diverted to be offered to people who are obese or overweight, to help them lose weight. And this, despite studies that point to almost immediate weight gain as soon as treatment is stopped, or even undesirable side effects.
The health effects of Ozempic on Lottie Moss
Lottie Moss, Kate Moss’s 26-year-old sister, is one of those who turned to Ozempic in the hopes of losing weight. But the 26-year-old took too much of it. As a result, she overdosed, which triggered a seizure and had to be hospitalized.
Video. Kate Moss’ Minute
In the latest episode of her podcast “Dream On,” she says, “It was the worst decision I’ve ever made, so let this be a lesson to everyone. Please, if you’re thinking about taking Ozempic, don’t. It’s really not worth it.” Because while the drug helped her go from 130 pounds to 120 pounds in two weeks, it also made her terribly ill.
A desire to feel “better in one’s body”
The young woman, like many people, was tempted by Ozempic because of its popularity among stars, among whom the drug has many followers. “I was not happy with my body,” says Lottie Moss.
However, rather than going through the official channel, she obtained the anti-diabetic drug through a friend, who herself obtained it from a doctor “under the counter”. Without any concrete instructions, the young woman injected herself daily with a dose almost twice as high for a person of her size. “One morning, I woke up so sick. I couldn’t eat or drink without throwing up, and my face had no color left,” she recalls.
After 48 hours in this state, her friend took her to the hospital: “As soon as I walked into the room where I was seen by another nurse, I literally had a seizure from dehydration, which was honestly the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me in my life. (…) Your hands just clench up and you can’t move them, and you feel like you’re going to break your hand. It was honestly horrible.”
A desire to take preventive action
Lottie Moss has never hidden the fact that she has struggled with addiction for several years. Today, she says, she would rather “die than take Ozempic again”, specifying that it was “the worst decision of my life”.
“I hope that talking about it will serve as a lesson: it’s not worth it. Ozempic is a diabetes drug, not a weight loss drug.” She says she’s worried about the return of the extreme thinness once promoted by her sister, Kate Moss: “The ‘heroin chic’ trend is coming back, like in the 90s. We shouldn’t be doing that. Where is the body-positivity movement? I don’t understand,” she concludes with concern.
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