Mom Dies After Using Weight Loss Injectables to Slim Down (lose weight, depression)
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Trish Webster died of acute gastrointestinal illness after several months of taking Ozempic and Saxenda.
She saw an ad for Ozempic on TV and reached out to her doctor for a prescription in 2022. But while she was struggling with gastrointestinal side effects like diarrhea, she kept using Ozempic.
As in the United States, Ozempic is approved in Australia for people with type 2 diabetes — not weight-loss
Ozempic is one of the brand names for semaglutide and tirzepatide — also marketed under the brand name Wegovy, which, unlike Ozempic, is approved for weight-loss management. They work by acting on the brain to impact feelings of satiety, or fullness.
After a few months, Trish switched to Saxenda — another injectable — to lose even more weight. Like semaglutide and tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Saxenda — liraglutide — regulates the appetite.
And then, on January 16 of this year, Trish Webster stopped breathing....
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A relative had took that drug and lost 100 lbs. Now we all wonder if he has to be on it for life, or if he quits it, will he gain it all back? He's already in poor health and elderly.
Women die every day - literally - from birth control pills. But I don't see posts about how they are unsafe.
This one death does not mean that the medications are unsafe. How many people died of conditions related to obesity each year? I'm going to guess it's more than one.
I think the problem people have with these medications being used for weight loss is that because of their effectiveness, it suggests that obesity is an actual biological issue and not a character flaw. So people who haven't struggled with it can't claim some moral superiority anymore. Antidepressants were like that when they first came out. Just cheer up! Just get out and do things! I do those things and I'm not depressed. It works for me, so that means it should work for everyone else. Sound familiar?
Obesity is much more complex than people think. Doctors are just scratching the surface on causes. And no, it's not always as simple as calories in / calories out. It's also just not as simple as eat less / move more any more than treating depression is just a matter of cheering up.
I always found it amazing that people can accept that some folks are just naturally thin. We all know people like that - they have horrible diets, aren't particularly active, but they have just always been thing. But somehow people just can't wrap their head around the fact that the opposite could ever be true
"We stand behind the safety and efficacy of Ozempic when used as indicated," Ozempic manufacturer Novo Nordisk said in a statement to PEOPLE.
I'm very sorry to hear of her death...but the above statement makes me question if she in fact, was following the manufacturer's instructions. It's a once-a-week only injection.
I'm very sorry to hear of her death...but the above statement makes me question if she in fact, was following the manufacturer's instructions. It's a once-a-week only injection.
If she got the injections at the doctor office, then you would think that they followed the instruction.
@Carnival Gal: The rocky history of Evofem illuminates how big insurers and drugmakers are stifling innovation in women’s health. Investors and large pharma companies have largely abandoned women’s health, leaving the development of new contraceptives to small, scrappy specialists.
Women health and health choices in America are in a very bad shape.
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