SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - A fashionable societal media inclination is said to beryllium the origin of a diabetes medicine shortage.
People who don’t endure from diabetes oregon obesity person been utilizing Ozempic for value loss. The effects of the medicine person been trending connected societal media platforms similar TikTok.
Dr. Arshpreet Kaur says the cause was studied with obese patients.
“Ozempic, oregon semaglutide, was approved for diabetic attraction and past they saw it had bully value nonaccomplishment benefits. The FDA really approved it past year,” said Kaur.
However, the abbreviated and agelong word broadside effects connected others aren’t well-known.
“People who are really already conscionable borderline overweight and they conscionable wanna look better, we don’t cognize the effects successful those people, however their metabolism volition beryllium affected, oregon if determination volition beryllium much broadside effects,” she said.
Kaur says improper usage of the medicine poses astatine slightest 1 large hazard and she advises against unnecessary usage.
“Every medicine comes with broadside effects and adjacent this has broadside effects; the astir communal being nausea and vomiting. The main interest we person is the hazard of thing called pancreatitis.”
The medicine is besides beauteous expensive.
“Out of pouch it costs $1,200 to possibly $1,300 dollars a month,” said Kaur.
She says the occupation won’t beryllium going anyplace for a while.
“If anybody is affected by the shortage, decidedly speech to your supplier and inquire them for an alternate alternatively of waiting for it to come, due to the fact that the concern whitethorn not amended for different fewer months.”
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