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R&B singer Macy Gray, 56, spoke about the side effects of Ozempic. A surreal life.
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She was eventually hospitalized for medication-related complications.
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“I can barely walk without getting out of breath,” she said.
When he was on MTV Surreal Life: Secret VillaMacy Gray is Ozempic for weight lossFirst she detailed unpleasant side effects that eventually led to the 56-year-old being hospitalized with drug-related complications.
The problem initially manifested itself in the form of constipation, she said on the July 23 show. people“Oh my stomach hurts,” she told co-stars Kim Zolciak and Johnny Weir. “I took Ozempic. I was up all night because I couldn’t go to the bathroom.”
Zolciak responded: “Ozempic does. You have to be really careful.”
Ozempic is a prescription injectable medication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the management of type 2 diabetes, but is also used off-label to aid in weight loss.
continue episode of A surreal lifeGrey’s condition worsened. She was short of breath. “I came all the way to Columbia and I want to give it my all and it’s awful. I just feel sick and I want this to go away,” she told the camera. “It’s not good. I can’t even walk without getting out of breath.” Offscreen, medical staff on set reminded Grey that she was taking medication that affected her pancreas and urged her to go to the hospital.
Constipation and indigestion are common Ozempic side effects, Florence Comite, MDThe founder of the Comite Center for Precision Medicine and Health previously PreventionGray would not comment on his diagnosis, but added that complications such as fatigue and pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) are possible but not common.
After Gray was wheeled into the emergency room, her co-star Chet Hanks told the rest of the cast what had happened: “She wasn’t eating anything.” He saidto this X-Factor Star Ally Brooke responded: “I know why. It’s because of that shot. That’s what happens. That’s exactly what happened to my friend.”
Thankfully, Gray appears to have recovered, appearing on the show’s most recent episode. In a confessional, he said: She explained She said she decided to try Ozempic because she’s “a bit of a vain person.”
“I’d gained a lot of weight over the last few years, and that’s when people started talking about Ozempic,” she says. “So I was like, OK, I’m not going to take Ozempic. [the weight] Let’s see if we can get this if we get off the right path.”
It is unclear whether she is still taking the medication.
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