Actress says she was hospitalized after using Ozempic to lose weight: ‘I felt like I was dying’

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Lisandra Silva made a report on Instagram saying that her ‘Ozempic’ is a ‘healthy lifestyle’; Medical entities have already warned about the use of medication, created to treat diabetes, for weight loss. Novo Nordisk, the responsible pharmaceutical company, said it does not support use without official indications

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Cuban actress Lisandra Silva, 37, made a report on Instagram stating that she had to be rushed to the hospital after using Ozempic to try to lose weight. Medical entities have already warned about the use of the medication, created for the treatment of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, but used indiscriminately for weight loss. Lisandra told about the case last Friday, the 1st.

Estadão contacted Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company responsible for Ozempic, which reaffirmed that the company “does not support or promote in any way its off-label use, that is, outside the ...
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