Well, Now: What It’s Really Like to Take Ozempic

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🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, WeGovy, Mounjaro and others revolutionized weight loss and chronic weight management. But what does it feel like for the patients who take them? On this week’s episode of Well, Now Kavita and Maya talk with journalist and author Johann Hari. Over the course of a year, Johann dived into the research and history behind GLP-1 drugs and how they became the latest and most effective way to lose weight. All the while, he was also taking Ozempic himself. His latest book Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs takes a personal and research-based look at the revolutionary, controversial rise of GLP-1 drugs for weight management. If you liked this episode, check out: The Full Truth About Ozempic and Doctors Agree: Obesity is a Disease. The Public Needs to Catch Up. Well, Now is hosted by registered dietitian nutritionist Maya Feller and Dr. Kavita Patel. Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry with editorial oversight by Alicia Montgomery. Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to wellnow@slate.com Want to listen to Well, Now uninterrupted? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock ad-free listening to Well, Now and all your other favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/wellplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Well Now Slate's podcast on health and wellness. I'm Maya Feller.
0:10.6	And I'm Kavita Patel. It has been years since the FDA approved Ozembic and other similar drugs in the GLP1 class for chronic weight management and chronic disease.
0:22.4	Maya, I feel like we're still talking about it nonstop.
0:26.3	Kavita, I couldn't agree more.
0:27.7	It is the conversation of the moment and continues to be.
0:31.0	GLP1 drugs like OZempec and Wagoe, which are the same thing, have completely changed
0:35.7	the conversation about weight loss.
0:37.7	While these drugs haven't been used to treat obesity for long compared to other drugs,
0:42.7	the results we're seeing so far cannot be ignored.
0:46.2	For example, in clinical trials, people taking OZEPBIC lost nearly 15% of their body weight
0:52.5	after a little over a year taking the drug.
0:55.3	Those taking the placebo only lost 2.4%.
0:58.4	Other studies have shown nearly 90% of patients lost at least 5% of their body weight
1:04.6	within the first six months of taking a GLP1 drug.
1:09.2	That's the best results we've seen so far
1:11.6	of any weight loss drug.
1:13.7	Not only that, recent trials have found
1:15.7	that OZemPEC is highly effective
1:17.7	in preventing adverse cardiovascular events,
1:20.1	such as heart attacks, along with other chronic diseases.
1:23.3	Sounds amazing, right, Maya?
1:25.3	Yeah, I mean, it sounds amazing,
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