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Yet, Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy, the revolutionary new drugs for weight loss used by the likes of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Hollywood stars, have become all the rage among the countrys swish set, too...
Patients ask me about it all the time, says Ambrish Mithal, chairman and head of endocrinology, Max Healthcare..
Ozempic and Wegovy from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lillys Mounjaro are a new set of drugs that cause weight loss by mimicking a natural hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 that regulates appetite..
In India, the patients keen to try Ozempic or Mounjaro typically fall into three categories, according to Shivdasani: those who have to be in front of the camera as part of their job usually celebrities, those who are frustrated at not being able to lose weight or people getting married soon..
After the wedding many stop taking the drug and gain back the weight that is lost," she said.. Mumbai-based Neena Mehta (name changed), 52, started on the oral weight loss tablet Rybelsus in December 2022 but in March she started Ozempic injections..
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