WOMEN taking 'skinny jabs' have been urged to pair them with effective contraception. It follows claims that the weight loss drugs are fuelling a baby boom. Women using Ozempic or similar diabetes or weight loss medications have flocked to social media to report an unexpected side effect - surprise pregnancies.
Ozempic - the active ingredient of which is semaglutide - is prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes and has the added benefit of making users lose weight. But manufacturer Novo Nordisk released a higher dose of semaglutide under the brand name Wegovy to treat obesity, which was rolled out in the UK last year. A number of other weight loss drugs have followed in their stead, including the "King Kong" of fat jabs Mounjaro and a recently trialled injection dubbed the “Godzilla”.
Known as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA), the medications work by mimicking a hormone produced naturally by your gut when you eat food, to control blood sugar levels , slow down digestion of food and reduce hunger pangs. Aside from helping users lose weight, it seems women using the drugs have also began falling pregnant unexpectedly. Anecdotal evidence has cropped up across social media channels.
A Facebook group titled "I got pregnant on Ozempic" has gained almost 800 members, while others have taken to Reddit to discuss unplanned pregnancies after using the jabs. Scientific evidence on whether skinny jabs can actually help people get pregnant is currently lacking. But expe.
