How Ozempic Caused a Disgusting Side Effect That Left This YouTuber in ‘Absolute Agony’

One influencer revealed she suffered a “storm” of diarrhea and “absolute agony” while taking the weight loss drug Ozempic.

And the worst thing about it? She didn’t lose weight.

Jaime French, a 33-year-old Internet personality in St Louis, Missouri, started taking a generic form of semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic, in November 2022 to lose weight and prevent diabetes.

“Like most overweight people, I’ve always struggled with losing body fat, and calorie deficits literally don’t work for me, at least not long-term,” she said in a video last year.

Ms French noted that although she works often, “nothing makes a measurable difference”.[Ozempic] it looked like a very promising solution,” he said.

However, immediately after receiving her first shot, she said she experienced “a literal poop storm” of diarrhea and “agonizing” pain. “I was pretty sure it was the drug,” she said.

Ms French’s story comes as people across the country taking Ozempic and other weight-loss injections like Wegovy and Mounjaro are reporting a host of side effects, from stomach paralysis to depression and reduced breasts

Ms. French noted that she has struggled with her weight, as well as disordered eating, throughout her life.

She has also been diagnosed with the hormonal disease PCOS, lymphocytic colitis, a form of inflammation in the large intestine, and previously battled thyroid cancer.

All of these factors led to difficulty losing weight, so her doctor eventually recommended that she start on the lowest dose of a generic form of Ozempic.

However, just one dose caused severe bouts of diarrhea and difficulty controlling bowels, as well as excruciating pain.

“If any of you have colitis or Crohn’s disease or anything like that, you know the absolute agony, that is, pain, that it causes physically in your intestines,” Ms French said. “Well, buyer beware because this pain ain’t got nothing on Ozempic.”

“I never imagined it could get worse than this, and in Ozempic, it was worse.”

Recent reports have suggested that Ozempic has been linked to a number of digestive problems.

This is because the drug mimics the hormone GLP-1, which makes food stay in the stomach longer and signals the body that it is full.

In many cases, this has been linked to gastroparesis, or stomach paralysis.

Also, Ozempic can change the way the body absorbs certain nutrients, leading to diarrhea.

Mrs French also had bouts of dizziness and pain near her gall bladder. “That was the reaction I had at the smallest possible dose,” he said. – It was no joke.

Still, Ms. French assumed her body would eventually adjust, so she agreed to increase the dose after five weeks. I still hadn’t lost weight, although there were some positive effects,

“Ozempic gave me this peace of mind where I never thought about my calorie intake,” she said. “It was amazing.”

And although she suffered from insomnia for a long time, the drug made her sleep more deeply, which was a nice lining.

Some tests from drugmaker Eli Lilly, which makes Mounjaro, suggest that these weight-loss injections could ease problems like sleep apnea by reducing excess fat in the neck, improving potentially blocked airways.

“The good parts were good enough to get through the ‘dysentery,'” said Mrs. French.

However, after upping the dose from 0.5 milligrams to 0.75, her restful nights turned into anxiety-fueled insomnia, bringing her to an average of just three hours of sleep every night.

Still without losing “an ounce,” the stomach and gallbladder pain “became excruciating,” even just getting out of bed and drinking water.

At the time, Ms. French continued to refuse to admit that Ozempic could be causing her debilitating side effects. “I was just distracted and blinded by the desire to lose weight,” she said.

Even with the full 1-milligram dose, she lost only four pounds and was unable to control her bowels enough to go out with friends or attend events. “I was afraid I’d poop my pants,” she said.

After 17 weeks, Ms. French finally came off the medication and her symptoms resolved within two weeks.

She compared her experience at Ozempic to being stuck in a toxic relationship and not realizing the toll until she escaped.

“This really seems to be a miracle drug for certain people,” he said.

“My goal here is to empathize with anyone else for whom it didn’t work and let you know you’re not alone because the level of disappointment that this drug didn’t work is bad.”

“My last piece of advice I guess if you’re someone who ends up trying this medication is to trust your instincts and know that deep down you know if you didn’t have any symptoms before and it came up after you started the medication, don’t be blinded by your emotions. ‘