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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
“When I look around this room, I can’t help but wonder, Is Ozempic right for me?” Jimmy Kimmel’s joke during the Oscars cemented it: Little known until recently, this medication has gone so mainstream it’s become a predictable punchline, entering the rarified air of names like Viagra and Adderall before it. But does everyone even get it?Ozempic is a brand of the generic drug semaglutide that is currently FDA-approved to treat patients with Type-2 Diabetes by controlling their blood sugar levels. It also curbs appetite, making it an effective weight-loss drug for people with obesity-related illnesses—and, more controversially, a tool for people looking to lose a little weight for cosmetic reasons. Videos by VICE With viral TikToks and new stories of drug shortages and celebrities admitting (or denying) taking it, the whole thing might feel like a callback to the diet pills of the 1990s, when pharmaceutical companies marketed powerful amphetamines as weight loss supplements before we understood the severity of Fen-Phen’s side effects: anxiety, dependence, psychosis, and in extreme cases, heart failure or death.So for any hot new “miracle drug,” it’s doubly worth considering the risks—whether that’s “Ozempic face,” the term for someone becoming especially gaunt, or the fact that one recent study of semaglutide found that a third of weight loss came from muscle, bone mass, and lean tissue. And as is often the case for drugs that cause weight loss, the effects regulating diet and portion control are generally understood to last only as long as people actively take it.There’s a lot to wrap your head around, so VICE spoke to Jeff Toll, an internal medicine and primary care provider based in Los Angeles. Dr. Toll has prescribed Ozempic to patients as part of what he calls a holistic plan for wellness and weight loss. He gave
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