How Ozempic caused a disgusting side effect that left this YouTuber in 'absolute agony'

An influencer revealed that she suffered a diarrhea 'storm' and 'absolute agony' while taking nan blockbuster weight loss drug Ozempic. 

And nan worst portion astir it? She didn't suffer immoderate weight. 

Jaime French, a 33-year-old net characteristic successful St Louis, Missouri, started taking a generic shape of semaglutide - nan progressive constituent successful Ozempic - successful November 2022 to suffer weight and forestall diabetes.

'Like astir overweight people, I person ever struggled to suffer assemblage fat, and calorie deficits virtually don't activity for me, astatine slightest not agelong term,' she said successful a video past year. 

Ms French noted that though she useful retired often, 'nothing makes a measurable difference.' '[Ozempic] seemed for illustration a very promising solution,' she said. 

However, instantly aft getting her first injection, she said knowledgeable 'a literal poop storm' of diarrhea and 'agonizing' pain. 'I was beautiful assured it was nan supplier causing it,' she said. 

Ms French's communicative comes arsenic group crossed nan state connected Ozempic and different weight-loss shots for illustration Wegovy and Mounjaro study a slew of broadside effects, from stomach paralysis to slump and shrinking breasts. 

Ms French noted that she has struggled pinch her weight, arsenic good arsenic disordered eating, for her full life. 

She has besides been diagnosed pinch nan hormonal information PCOS, lymphocytic colitis - a shape of inflammation successful nan ample intestine - and antecedently battled thyroid cancer. 

All of these factors led to trouble losing weight, truthful her expert yet recommended she commencement connected nan lowest dose of a generic shape of Ozempic. 

However, conscionable 1 dose led to aggravated bouts of diarrhea and trouble controlling her bowels, arsenic good arsenic excruciating pain.

'If immoderate of you person colitis aliases Crohn's aliases thing for illustration that, you cognize nan absolute agony, meaning pain, that it physically causes successful your intestines,' Ms French said. 'Well, purchaser beware because that symptom has thing connected Ozempic.' 

'I did not ever ideate it could get worse than that, and connected Ozempic, it was worse.' 

Recent reports person suggested that Ozempic has been linked to a slew of digestive issues. 

This is because nan supplier mimics nan hormone GLP-1, which causes nutrient to enactment successful nan tummy longer and awesome to nan assemblage that it's full. 

In galore cases, this has been linked to gastroparesis, aliases tummy paralysis.

Additionally, Ozempic tin alteration nan measurement nan assemblage absorbs definite nutrients, which leads to diarrhea. 

Ms French besides had bouts of dizziness and symptom adjacent her gallbladder. 'This was nan guidance I had astatine nan smallest dose possible,' she said. 'It was nary joke.' 

Still, Ms French assumed her assemblage would yet adjust, truthful she agreed to summation nan dose aft 5 weeks. She had not yet mislaid immoderate weight, though location were immoderate affirmative effects,

'Ozempic gave maine this quiet mind wherever I ne'er thought astir my calorie intake,' she said. 'It was incredible.' 

And though she agelong suffered from insomnia, nan supplier caused her to slumber much soundly, which was a metallic lining.

Some grounds from drugmaker Eli Lilly, which manufactures Mounjaro, suggests that these weight-loss shots could alleviate issues for illustration slumber apnea by trimming excess fat on nan neck, improving perchance blocked airways. 

'The bully parts were bully capable for maine to woody pinch nan "dysentery,"' Ms French said. 

However, aft expanding nan dose from 0.5 milligrams to 0.75, her restful nights turned into anxiety-fueled insomnia, starring her to average conscionable 3 hours of slumber each night. 

Still not having mislaid 'one azygous ounce,' nan tummy and gallbladder symptom 'became unbearable,' moreover from conscionable getting retired of furniture and drinking water. 

At nan time, Ms French continued refusing to admit that Ozempic could beryllium causing her debilitating broadside effects. 'I was conscionable distracted and blinded by nan desire for weight loss,' she said. 

Even astatine nan afloat 1-miligram dose, she only mislaid 4 pounds, and she could not power her bowels capable to spell retired pinch friends aliases be events. 'I was acrophobic of pooping my pants,' she said.  

After 17 weeks, Ms French yet went disconnected nan medication, and her symptoms resolved wrong 2 weeks. 

She likened her acquisition connected Ozempic to being trapped successful a toxic narration and not realizing nan toll until escaping. 

'It really seems for illustration this is simply a occurrence supplier for definite people,' she said.

'My extremity present is to empathize pinch anyone other that it didn't activity for and to fto you cognize that you're not unsocial because nan disappointment level that this supplier did not activity is next-level bad.'

'My eventual proposal I conjecture if you are personification who ends up trying this supplier is spot your gut and cognize you cognize heavy down if you didn't person a denotation earlier and it arose aft you started nan drug, don't beryllium blinded emotions.'