A simulation has revealed what happens to your body when you take Ozempic, as more and more people are using the drug.
While Ozempic has blown up on social media for its dramatic slimming effects, it’s worth remembering that the drug wasn’t actually designed to help people fit into smaller jeans.
According to the official Ozempic website, it "is not a weight loss drug" and is actually "a medicine for adults with type 2 diabetes."
Ozempic is an injectable prescription medication that's meant to be used “along with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar (glucose) in adults with type 2 diabetes.”
It’s also prescribed to “reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death in adults with type 2 diabetes with known heart disease.”
But the real magic — or misery — happens because of how it interacts with the body.
The drug curbs your appetite, makes you feel full faster, and slows down digestion, which leads to fewer calories consumed. Pair that with exercise and voilà — a calorie deficit, and you start shedding pounds.
Still, that doesn’t mean the ride is smooth.
That's where Zack D. Films comes in.
He recently released a graphic simulation video showing exactly what Ozempic does once it’s in your body — and it’s going viral for all the wrong (and right?) reasons.
"Once Ozempic is in your bloodstream, it activates the parts of the brain that make you feel full, reducing your appetite," Zack explains in the video.
"It also stabilises your blood sugar, stopping sudden cravings. Then it slows down how fast your stomach empties food, which keeps you feeling full for longer after a meal.
"This causes you to lose weight as you eat less. But it can make some people feel sick and even give them diarrhoea."
The final scene of Zack’s simulation takes a turn — showing a disturbingly realistic visual of the Ozempic user soiling themselves.
Lovely.
People, as usual, were pretty disgusted.
"Last scene was NOT NEEDED Zack," one person wrote, as a second added: "Watching Zack’s animations make me lose my appetite more than Ozempic."
A third person added: "Zack’s never ending love for poop or diarrhea never ends."
As Ozempic becomes more popular, even celebrities have opened up about using it.
On The Howard Stern Show, Amy Schumer admitted to trying the drug, but said it left her in rough shape.
“I tried Ozempic almost three years ago and I was like, bedridden,” she said. “I was like, vomiting — and then you have no energy. But other people take it and they’re all good.”
Undeterred, Schumer gave similar drugs another shot and recently revealed in an Instagram video that she’s having a better experience this time around with Mounjaro.
“Three years ago, I tried Wegovy,” she shared. “I was puking, I couldn’t handle it. I don’t know if they’ve changed the formula, whatever.”
She went on to describe her virtual health referral through the online midlife clinic Midi Health, and revealed she’s also been prescribed estrogen and progesterone to manage perimenopause symptoms.
“So that’s been great and Mounjaro’s been great,” she said.
Though she acknowledged that Mounjaro isn’t fully covered by insurance in the U.S. unless you have diabetes or severe obesity, she joked: “Which most of the internet thinks I have, but I’m having a really good experience with it."