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The drug that is sweeping the country, this is a craze of Zemping.

This is the, it's supposed to be a diabetes drug, but it turns out a side effect is that you lose weight, a good amount of weight.

And as long as you take the drug, it stays off from what I understand.

Similar drugs have been created by other drug makers.

I guess everybody's got a similar formula.

There's also Wigovi and Mungaro.

And they're all supposed to be for diabetes.

This is known as an off-label prescription.

If sometimes they create medicines and they don't know what other conditions that the drug successfully treats.

And doctors can prescribe the drug even if it's not supposed to be the primary reason for the prescription.

Oh, and John, Oprah has confirmed that she is using a weight loss drug but won't confirm which one she has taken.

Well, everybody's thinking so Zempic because unless it's one of these sister drugs, like Wagovi or Manjaro.

Novo Nordisk is the company that makes Ozepic and Wagovi, and Eli Lili makes Mungaro.

And they're being hit with dozens of lawsuits, mostly over something called gastroporesis.

That's the medical name for paralysis of the stomach.

It causes a buildup of food in the gut.

And it doesn't sound pleasant.

You just keep piling up food.

Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, and severe pain.

So I guess, yeah, if it backs up far enough, it starts to spill out.

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