A professor in Texas revealed her experience with Ozempic, a medicine meant to manage glucose levels in type 2 diabetic patients but is better recognized for its weight loss properties. Many non-diabetic persons in the United States have used Ozempic for its remarkable weight-loss effects, but at what cost? Many doctors and professionals have raised concerns about the serious adverse effects of using this medication.
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Professor Maria E. Rosas’ case also details the horrible adverse effects of utilizing Ozempic. Rosas, a type 2 diabetes sufferer for many years, wrote about her experience with Ozempic in Newsweek. Rosa’s experience was nothing short of a nightmare, from moderate sadness to dropping ‘parts of flesh’.
Rosas was administered a once-a-week prescription for her type 2 diabetes in the expectation that it would relieve her of having to take various pills twice a day. She began using Ozempic in April 2023, and the first week was a success. She experienced slight depression but quickly recovered, and her blood glucose levels were under control. She soon began to experience agonizing pain in her back, shoulders, and arms, which she mistook for post-Covid neuropathy discomfort. Later that month, in August, she experienced an even stronger scorching agony in her vaginal area and buttocks, leaving her with scorched flesh.
“I noticed ‘pieces’ of skin on my toilet seat”
“I noticed ‘pieces’ of skin on my toilet seat and on the tissue paper when I cleaned [my genital] area,” Rosas said. “I panicked because I knew that these adverse effects were not normal,” Rosas said. Rosas contacted her doctor, who immediately urged her to discontinue Ozempic, citing the drug’s less-discussed adverse effects of rashes, itching, or hives. Rosas did not stop there; she reported her dilemma to Ozempic’s customer service and the FDA, as well as conducting web research to identify others experiencing similar problems. As she realized, the side effects were not isolated episodes, but rather part of a pattern of negative reactions.
After 20 days, when Rosas discontinued using Ozempic, she noticed she had started to heal, though she still felt a burning sensation. “After completely discontinuing the medication, Rosas is slowly healing, but the pain lingers.” It still hurts when I have to urinate or defecate, and it often starts peeling again because of the friction,” she wrote. “Ozempic helped me but I thought I was going to die at one point, because of what was happening to my body.” Despite the drug’s effectiveness, Rosas advised against Ozempic due to its distressing side effects.