About 20% of former Ozempic and Wegovy users regain weight: new study

About 20% of former Ozempic and Wegovy users regain weight: new study

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Is it over for Ozambik?

In some cases, about one in five patients are unable to maintain the weight they lost with the help of medication, a new study shows.

A report published in Epic Research found that users of diabetes medications like Ozempic and Wegovy — which have grown in popularity by doubling in use as a weight-loss aid — found that 17.7% regained all of their weight back, if not more, after they stopped taking it.

The 20,274 patients studied — observed one year after stopping use — each lost at least 5 pounds while taking drugs like Ozempic semaglutide.

Likewise, 18.7% experienced the same from liraglutide injections as Saxenda.

“The weight started gaining like never before,” former Wegovy user Artemis Byandor, 41, told The Messenger.

According to new research, about a fifth of patients who stop taking medications like Ozempic regain their weight. AP

Since she initially dropped 15 pounds before quitting smoking, she reached her heaviest point at 246 pounds and had a very aggressive appetite — something the medications work to suppress.

“I was insatiable. I was never that way. I was so hungry. It was crazy the way I felt,” she added.

“It was terrible, and it still is terrible.”

However, the research showed that a majority of two-thirds of users who stopped taking semaglutide or liraglutide for a year were able to continue the weight loss they started while taking the injections.

Also, 56.2% of patients were able to maintain the same weight at the time of quitting smoking or continued to lose it as well.

The study showed that the majority of users maintain weight. Rostislav Sedlacek – Stock.adobe.com

Of 17,733 individuals studied who lost at least 5 pounds while taking liraglutide before stopping use, 55.7% stayed at the same weight or continued to lose weight.

Unrelated research also recently revealed that Ozempic may double as a liver cancer preventative for some diabetics.




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