by prescription or secretly, Ozempic at any cost – Libération

To lose weight, obese people tend to purchase a diabetic drug on social networks, where resellers are looking for it.

Last summer, when Isabella explained on TikTok why she was taking Ozempic, she received a barrage of aggressive, even hateful comments. The drug, sold in France since 2019, is intended to treat type 2 diabetes, he said. Although this 39-year-old hypnotherapist doesn’t have diabetes, she doesn’t really have a choice. Suffering from endometriosis and having several hernias, she must lose ten kilograms, otherwise the surgical reconstruction of her intestinal wall will not take place. His doctor prescribed Ozempic for weight loss. “In two weeks I lost five kilograms. I stopped due to side effects, which was enough to clear the surgery.

The use of Ozempic is not limited to the fight against diabetes in France. For some obese patients like Isabella, choosing Ozempic for weight loss is legal, with Social Security reimbursement for a prescription signed by their doctor. This “benefits from freedom of prescription” even if the recipe goes beyond the scope of the marketing authorization (AMM) “must remain exceptional” reminded