While the medicine Ozempic adds more and more followers who seek thin their adverse effects. In that segment, there is the delicate case of Chilean influencer Pao Pinto Barbersi.
As he said in a video published on his Instagram account, Pinto Barbieri began to be applied without medical indication medicine that focuses attention restrict appetite and therefore, lose weight. After a few days, she had to be hospitalized for a acute pancreatitis
The adverse effects of Ozempic
“Be careful with this, becauseit can be expensive”, he warned in one of his videos.
«There is a medication initially used to treat diabetes that is all the rage to lose weight. Its indiscriminate use or without medical supervision can bring complex problems like what happened to me,» he continued.
«I am hospitalized due to its irresponsible use. I watched videos on Instagram that talked about this medication and its side effects and I was the first to say: well…don’t add so much color to it.»
“You see someone who is skinnier and they tell you ‘I’m just pricking myself with Ozempic’ and you immediately try to get a prescription or you simply arrive and buy the remedy«, he said. «And, yes, I believed I was invincible and that it was never going to happen to me.»
«I’m progressing well. But I wanted to leave you this video to tell you to please go to the doctor and get tested. It’s not just about taking the medicine and that’s it.»
What is Ozempic and what are its adverse effects?
He Ozempicas a note from El País summarizes, is a drug of the GLP-1 receptor agonist family that is indicated initially and mainly for type 2 diabetes.
How to add information from the website of the Mayo Clinicthen it began to indicate for thin as it slows the movement of food from the stomach to the small intestine. This increases the level of satiety. Which leads to eating less.
About their serious side effectsthe specialized site Healthlineindicates the following:
- diabetic retinopathy: damage to the blood vessels of the eye.
- Gallbladder diseaseincluding gallstones or cholecystitis -is pain and inflammation of the gallbladder.
- Pancreatitis: inflammation of the pancreas.
- Hypoglycemia: low blood sugar.
- There are also studies that indicate a greater possibility of thyroid cancer.
It is worth clarifying that this information is indicative and does not replace medical advice. If you have any questions, the suggestion is to consult an appropriate professional.
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