Dr. Terry Dubrow blasts Ozempic shaming: ‘Stop making people feel bad’

nypost.com:

not the name of the game, apparently.Plastic surgeon to the stars Dr. Terry Dubrow is urging others not to “shame” those who take weight-loss drugs like Ozempic.

as it can have serious consequences. His declaration comes just a few weeks after he warned Ozempic patients of its potentially dangerous side effects. “People have to stop making people feel bad about being on these drugs,” Dubrow told E!

News in an interview published Tuesday. “Stop Ozempic shaming because it’s not nice.”In an interview with The Post on Tuesday evening, the “Botched” star further stated that because there’s so much negativity surrounding the drug, it could potentially be hard for medical professionals to keep tabs on Ozempic’s potential risks and how it works because people may feel shamed into not talking about its side effects. “Here’s the problem with Ozempic shaming: Nobody’s admitting to being on Ozempic because of it, because it’s embarrassing, right?” Dubrow told The Post.“If you don’t admit it, if you don’t tell your doctor about it, and you go in the hospital and they don’t know, it’s delaying our understanding and appreciation for how to use it,” he continued.

Traditionally, Ozempic is a medication that has been used to treat Type 2 diabetes, but in recent months, it has skyrocketed in use as a weight-loss tool for some.Ozempic and Wegovy are drugs that are made up of the peptide semaglutide, a derivative of GLP-1, a hormone derived from the small intestine.