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Margaret Josephs of "Real Housewives of New Jersey" has lost 22 pounds on a weight-loss injectable...
Shafer estimated that about 50% of Advitam's patients were on "some type of weight-loss treatment," while his colleague Jamie Gabelsaid that about 40% of his incoming patients inquired about semaglutide or other weight-loss drugs...
The semaglutide molecule is patented by the drugmaker Novo Nordisk, which sells it in injectable form as Ozempic (intended for people with type 2 diabetes) and Wegovy (a higher-dose treatment designed for weight loss)..
Even Gerber's own friends are asking him to prescribe them Ozempic for weight loss, he said.. "One of my friends texted me a picture of some shady vial that said 'semaglutide.' But we don't know what's in them; who knows what you're injecting into yourself," Gerber said, citing doctors' concerns about phony or poorly compounded semaglutide...
"Everyone is taking some version of something because everybody I know is running on all cylinders and has very high-powered jobs, or they're traveling nonstop and running around and want to lose a few pounds and have more energy," she said.. Josephs said she remains on the GLP-1 agonist for her health..
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