On TikTok a trend promotes the use of an antidiabetic to lose weight (and it’s dangerous)

It’s a dangerous trend that speaks volumes about the obsession with thinness that still affects the younger generation. In an article by Publicationpublished on November 17, we find how young Internet users praise the merits of Ozempic on TikTok, an anti-diabetic drug they hijack to lose weight.

“It can only kill!” »

Ozempic is given by injection and regulates blood sugar levels for people with type 2 diabetes. But misusing this drug can be dangerous. “It can only kill!” explain to Publication Marie-Anne Panet, general practitioner. Insulin is the only hormone in our body that lowers blood sugar or blood sugar levels. If we create too much hypoglycemia, the risk is coma and death.” By June, Ozempic was sold out in Australia, the cradle of this trend. To curb this phenomenon, the Australian authorities had even reminded doctors that they should only prescribe this drug to people with type 2 diabetes. Publication, to date, the trend is not weakening. A sad example that demonstrates, once again, the ravages of the cult of thinness.

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