How an Ozempic overdose can leave you unconscious, and how much…when Lottie Moss was rushed to the hospital.

Semaglutide, available as Ozempic and Wegovy, has been hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against obesity.

But there have been growing concerns about the number of overweight and underweight patients taking them for cosmetic reasons.

Now, the drug is attracting renewed attention after Lottie Moss revealed today that she was rushed to hospital after taking an overdose of Ozempic.

For example, the 26-year-old was seriously ill, had seizures and was severely dehydrated and took medication when she weighed 60kg – just 9 stone.

He was given the jab by a friend who bought it under the counter from a doctor, he said.

Here, we reveal how the jab – when misused – can damage the body within minutes of injection, leaving some users at risk of unconsciousness.

Ozempic sit reduces body weight by mimicking the action of a hormone produced in the gut after eating, called GLP-1.

As well as telling the pancreas to make more insulin, the GLP-1 hormone travels back to the brain and makes users feel full.

As a result, semaglutide can prevent users from overeating.

But there are side effects, when users often complain of nausea, constipation and diarrhea after taking the medicine.

Unlike the GLP-1 hormone, which is quickly used by the body, semaglutide has a long half-life, meaning that the drug can build up in the body if not enough time passes between standards.

This leads to overuse of Ozempic. There is little information available about how a person can kill.

But, according to case reports, the symptoms of semaglutide overdose can be similar to those of potentially fatal hypoglycemia, also known as dangerously low blood sugar.

Symptoms may start with an increased heart rate, sweating, dizziness and irritability. Most symptoms ‘last for days’, according to one report, published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists’ Association.

Without prompt treatment, patients experience confusion, delirium and, eventually, lose consciousness, sometimes falling into a coma.

To reduce the risk of side effects, people usually start with 0.25 mg for the first four weeks and gradually increase the dose.

Ozempic is not available on the NHS specifically for weight loss, but to help control blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes.

But other semaglutide drugs – Wegovy which like Ozempic made by Novo Nordisk – was approved last year for weight loss in those with health problems related to body fat.

It is extremely difficult to use legal Ozempic pens, made by the Danish pharmaceutical giant, because once the dose is set – usually by the doctor – you cannot change it.

This helps to avoid any accidental overdose, although patients can still get pens with a very high automatic dose.

Compounded versions made by pharmacies are usually dispensed in glass containers – patients are asked to fill the syringes themselves.

This makes it ‘easy’ to overdose, said Dr Joseph Lambson, director of the New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center last year.

“I think any time we have to rely on the patient to figure out what the right dose is, to administer and administer it, you’re opening up more opportunities for errors,” he added. ” he added.

Although the tests have not been carried out in people of a healthy weight, there is also evidence that they may be at greater risk.

Dr Vicky Price, of the Society for Acute Medicine, told this website in July that there had been a ‘real increase’ in drug abusers coming to hospital with vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration.

It comes as Lottie Moss today revealed she would rather ‘die’ than use Ozempic again.

Her sister, supermodel Kate Moss, 50, was a ‘heroin chic’ girl in the 1990s thanks to her slender frame and once famously said, ‘nothing fancy like skin.’

Speaking on her Dream On podcast, Lottie said the seizure, caused by severe dehydration, was one of the “scariest” experiences she had ever endured.

She added that there are, ‘little things I wish I had known before I took it’ and revealed her weight has dropped from 60kg – giving her a healthy BMI of 21 – up to 53kg in just two weeks.

After being rushed to the hospital, the podcaster learned that the dosage of Ozempic he was injecting into his leg would be for a 100-pound person — about twice the size of home.

The OnlyFans star said: ‘When I took it, the money I was taking was for people who weighed 100kg and over and I was in my 50s.

‘It’s these little things I wish I’d known before I took them. But I took it, you put it on your leg, and it was the worst decision I ever made.

‘This is a warning to everyone. Please, if you’re thinking of taking it, don’t, it’s useless.’

He added: “I started at about 60 kilos, and I went down to 57 on the first dose, then I went down to 54.

‘It was crazy, the lowest was 53. According to a few weeks, that’s not a good weight, not a healthy drop.

‘When I was in bed for those two days and it was at the end of it and I wanted to get off it, because it’s not like you can stop taking it, it’s not like a pill that you don’t take. drink when you drink. wake up in the morning, it’s in your system and it’s there.’

Lottie has spoken in the past about growing up in the ‘toxic’ fashion industry and her time in drug addiction recovery.

She started modeling at 16 after being diagnosed at 13 and said she always felt like she lived in sister Kate’s shadow.

The eligibility criteria for people wanting to get Wegovy on the NHS – for the standard prescription rate of £9.90 in England – is tough.

It’s only available if diet and exercise don’t work on their own, you have health problems caused by your weight, such as diabetes or high blood pressure, and you have a BMI of 35 or over more.