Why Ozempic is putting F&P Healthcare on a diet

Why Ozempic is putting F&P Healthcare on a diet
Real Housewives have copped flack over whether some of them use Ozempic to stay in shape. (Image: Getty)
Paul McBeth
Ozempic is fast becoming the wonder drug of choice of the Instagram generation, but no one seems to want to admit they’re on it. The effects are already becoming clear. Screeds of column inches are being devoted to how this subset of diabetes drug is being used; celebrities are denying they took the jab to shed those pesky pounds to squeeze into that tight-fitting outfit, European regulators are musing as to whether to ban the drug's use for weight loss, people are getting hospitalised by knock-offs and patents for the...

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