Young slim women are landing in A&E after abusing Ozempic or Wegovy, say medics, as NHS's chief doctor warns against using the jabs to get 'beach-body ready' READ MORE: Weight loss jabs like Ozempic and Wegovy cut risk of bowel cancer By John Ely Deputy Health Editor For Mailonline and Shaun Wooller Health Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 10:46, 14 June 2024 | Updated: 10:53, 14 June 2024 e-mail 10 View comments Medics claim a wave of young healthy women are needing A&E care after taking appetite suppressing Ozempic and Wegovy bought online under false pretences. It comes as the NHS's top doctor issued a warning that the powerful drugs are only designed to help diabetics and the obese and shouldn't be abused by holidaymakers trying to get ‘beach-body ready’. Emergency medics, who spoke anonymously, warned they are seeing cases of 'young, beautiful girls' who were not overweight with complications from abusing the drugs 'almost every shift'.
Both Ozempic and Wegovy contain semaglutide which can help people lose weight by mimicking an appetite suppressing hormone. While effective, the drugs are increasingly being used by normal and even underweight people without a clinical need for them, with potentially serious consequences. Ozempic and Wegovy work by mimicking a hormone that tells the body its full suppressing appetite and it is suggested this triggered the girl's health problems The Boots website for Wegovy prescriptions says patients can get a clinical review on th.
