Posted on 11/22/2023 5:29:34 PM PST by simpson96
An Australian mom who wanted to slim down in time for her daughter's wedding has died after taking anti-diabetic drugs known for inducing dramatic weight loss.
Trish Webster started taking Ozempic—the trade name of an injectable medication called semaglutide developed to treat type 2 diabetes—after struggling to lose weight through traditional means, her husband Roy Webster told "60 Minutes Australia." The 56-year-old, who did not have diabetes, saw a TV ad for Ozempic and obtained a prescription from her doctor in 2022 after learning that significant weight loss was one of the drug's side effects.
"Her daughter was getting married, and she just kept mentioning that dress that she wanted to wear," Roy recalled. "So, she went into drastic measures."
Trish was on Ozempic before switching to Saxenda, a liraglutide injectable that helps with chronic weight management, according to Roy.
He said Trish lost 35 pounds in five months, but also experienced severe nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. As Roy explained, "It was one big nightmare from there."
The situation took a turn on Jan. 16, when Roy noticed "brown stuff" coming out of Trish's mouth.
"I realized she wasn't breathing," he remembered, "and I started doing CPR."
Unfortunately, his efforts were to no avail and Trish died that night. Per 60 Minutes Australia, her cause of death was listed as acute gastrointestinal illness on her death certificate.
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From experience, one can tell what they need.(If paying close attention)
I’ve been training, reading, and experimenting for 35 years.
I don’t count anything anymore, and I exercise when and how feel right.
I can’t get stronger or add muscle, so I’m just maintaining now.
It’s been quite a revelation how little I have to do after busting my butt for so long.
You know what works for you, and that’s all that matters.
Just a side note. I have found that I try to never approach fitness and nutrition from the normal standpoint anymore. It’s largely robotic in application.
Caloric intake varies a lot in wildlife. As does physical output.
I sprint some and I walk often. I never jog anymore. It’s such an unnatural thing.
99% carnivore since Jan. Down 47 pounds, walk 3 miles every other day. Work outside on the property. Haven’t been at this weight in over 30 years. Blood work great. Not going back to the standard american diet.
I am on Ozempic myself for type 2 diabetes. lost 30 pounds in 9 months. first dosage had me doing projectile vomit because I accidentally took a double dosage. I am betting she played the game of multiple doctors prescribing the same medication. thinking if she took more, she would lose more weight. for me Ozempic has been a godsend because I am bad at taking My diabetes meds every day. with Ozempic it just a shot once a week. I am sure there is risks associated with Ozempic. I except that risk gladly.
“Are they immune from lawsuits like Pfizer and Moderna”
Ozempic is a weekly injection that helps lower blood sugar by helping the pancreas make more insulin. It is not approved for weight loss, but some physicians prescribe it to be used for weight loss. I was using Ozempic for diabetes but when the docs starting issueing it as a weight loss drug, I couldn’t find it anywhere so I have switched to another drug.
Ozempic, like a number of diabetic medications can have a side effect of weight loss. But in reading the article, it mentioned she lost 35 pounds in five months which is not an abnormal loss. But she also experienced severe nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Diarrhea with the use of these types of drugs is not uncommon. But the other symptoms are a red flag and the docs should never have prescribed Ozempic for her as there appear to be outlying factors like alergies or drug interactions for her. It could be like taking morphine for a sinus hedache.
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Excellent. No one should be on the SAD diet.
Keep up the good work.
I’m diabetic also.
My blood numbers and blood work is damn near perfect.
Now I gotta lose weight.
My doctor is thinking about monjaro.
Anyone doing this one?
Oh look. Pavlovian dog. Ding ding — drool drool
Do you ever add anything constructive to the conversation?
Mounjaro is an excellent med — better than ozempic.
I had a youngish nurse...in her 20's...telling me that she was getting botex for her face...AT HER AGE...her reasoning was that her face would stay the same even when she was 60...
I didn't have the heart to tell her that the botox will freeze her face,make her look like stone, and she'll have to cough up big bucks every 3 months for the rest of her life...
In addition to the diabetes, my wife has had some hearing loss in one ear and significant tinnitus after starting Ozempic. She has decided to stop Ozempic to see if the tinnitus subsides. The hearing loss is going to take addition evaluation by and ENT MD to assess if the problem is treatable. The decision to discontinue to Ozempic is also driven by her pending retirement. Ozempic coverage would really drive up her premiums.
Ozempic has been out for a long time and has proven to be a very safe drug, Tylenol no doubt harms a lot more.
For all those rubbing their hands at the thought that the drugmaker is going to get sued into oblivion by her family (for a drug she wasn't even taking), this is Australia, they don't go in for the jackpot justice stuff like we do in the U.S. Even if Ozempic had something to do with it they wouldn't get anywhere suing.
It is NOT a vaccine. It contains fragments of DNA that are left behind and which should not be there, aside from the fact that they behave differently from traditional vaccines. Not by simply stimulating the immune system via introduction of part of the virus, but by altering cells to produce the spike protein on their own. This is not how a traditional vaccine works. The traditional vaccines trigger your immune system without screwing with your cells and tricking your body into producing the most infectious part of the virus.
I’m a pharmacy tech, and I have a few pharmacists who agree with me that they’re dangerous.
Nope. You have to dial in the dose, .25 .50 1.0 etc... I've been on it for 6 months.
Anna Nicole Smith is dead.
The best diet is to write down all of the foods you like, then don’t eat any of them. This is because if you like it then it’s obviously bad for you.
Okay. There are fixed levels, but the user can take larger doses. Of course, a user could always have taken extra doses rather than the conventional weekly administration. Lots to go wrong here.
Yes, same as last week.
Ger weight loss is incidental to that, and ironic, given her lifelong, fitful struggles with weight loss. RIP.
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