Experience: Here’s how to use Ozempic, the injection to lose weight quickly

This is called “magic weight loss” because without the need for strict diets and intense exercises, it has the ability to make you lose weight in one go. This is Ozempic one of the weight loss injections that has become fashionable in recent times and the results of which are evident even in famous people, such as Elon Musk and Oprah.

And indeed, it can change people’s lives.

A report from Deutsche Welle followed the story of Luciano Castro, an adult man who has suffered from obesity for several years and has even undergone gastric bypass surgery with which he lost 50 kilos. However, Over time, his anxiety about eating returned, as did his obesity.

“They operate on your belly, not your brain” he began telling the media. “When I’m sad, I comfort myself with food. When I’m stressed, it calms me down. And when I feel good, I treat myself and eat something.”

But when he started injecting Ozempic, his life took an unexpected turn: “When I inject the preparation, I don’t think about food for two or three days. Nothing. I find it really incredible, it really works. Thanks to the medication, I can sometimes have breakfast in the morning and only eat in the evening.

Is Ozempic safe to use? Why is this drug able to eliminate hunger?

As explained in the DW article, the substance injected by Luciano It helps slow down the emptying of the stomach, that is, it “tricks” the brain into thinking it has already eaten, so it is no longer hungry.

Mimics the GLP hormone that our gut releases when we eat to signal to the brain that it is full and that appetite must be curbed. And this hormone is altered in obese people, so Ozempic’s job is to “regulate” it.

The injection – also marketed as Wegovy, Saxenda and Victoza – was originally developed to regulate blood sugar levels in diabetics. The weight loss was a side effect that would have occurred by chance and now many people use it even without being overweight.

However, Dr. Zoltan Pataky, from Geneva University Hospitals warned that “This drug should only be prescribed to patients who are morbidly obese. It is not suitable for losing a few pounds because summer is fast approaching and we want to look good in a swimsuit.”

Lucie Favre, endocrinologist at Lausanne University Hospital : “This poses a risk because the effect of these substances on non-obese people has not yet been studied.”

“There is a growing market, and at the same time we need to train doctors and experts. On the contrary, the product will degenerate into a miracle cure that is prescribed like aspirin.

Like any medicine, it also causes side effects: the most common are nausea or diarrhea. However, some cases of pancreatitis have been recorded.

For this reason, and due to the lack of evidence, doctors recommend the use of this injection only to those who are trying to diet, exercise or even have had surgery, but have not been able to maintain the results, despite the efforts.

Magui, a French woman, lost only 17 kilos after her bypass operation. The doctor had promised him that there would be 40. With this result, He told her there was nothing more he could do for her and referred her to an endocrinologist, who prescribed Ozempic.

“At first I felt a little nauseous, I didn’t feel well, but nothing serious. I started eating less as the dose increased. After three weeks I got used to it and was no longer nauseous. “I realized that when I ate too much fat, I had to rush to the bathroom.” he said DW.

Continuous: “I started eating much healthier and I felt great, like magic. I was working, I had a lot to do and the pounds were being removed without me realizing it.

The problem with Ozempic and other weight loss injections is when their use is discontinued: “The side effects can become uncontrollable. As soon as the injections are stopped, the desire for food can return and be even stronger than before.

This is why, with the rise of this drug, Experts have reaffirmed the need to create good habits so as not to depend on a “miracle cure” which, as soon as it is stopped, will cause obesity to reappear.

“It is surprising that we are talking about this treatment today as a preventive measure against obesity, when we know perfectly well that the real solutions are to be found in our environment. We must protect ourselves from excess calories, especially for the most vulnerable, such as children. We must prescribe more physical exercise. “The solution is obvious, but we thought in a completely opposite direction,” concludes endocrinologist Favre.