Online conversations about Ozempic and similar medications are full of misinformation — and echo decades of flawed teachings on weight management.

The ‘Ozempic drug,’ semaglutide, has been found to reduce moderately severe pain caused by knee osteoarthritis and improve physical functioning following weight loss, according to the results of a recent clinical trial by Novo Nordisk, the drug’s manufacturer.

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Category: Obesity, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind

Tags: Osteoarthritis, Knee, Pain, Physical functioning

The US Drug Watchdog says, "If a person orders 'Ozempic' from an offshore online pharmacy, there is a very-very good chance the medication will not work-and in the worst-case scenario the drug might be fatal-or cause extremely severe side effects."

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As demand for popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound skyrockets, patients are taking dosage amounts into their own hands.

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Writer-journalist Johann Hari brings himself into the Ozempic conversation, taking readers through the risks of obesity, its causes and effects, and what the drug does

In India, the drug is not licensed for weight loss. but as anti-diabetic medication, warns Dr Chandrakant Lahariya.