SURVEY – For several months, the social network has been inundated with videos where women film themselves injecting this drug, despite the risks that this can represent for their health.
It has become TikTok’s favorite medicine. In recent months, the social network has seen a proliferation of videos of women – mainly Americans, Australians or Canadians – staging themselves in the process of getting an injection in the lower abdomen to lose weight. The drug in question is very well known to doctors: it is Ozempic, a treatment for people with type 2 diabetes to help them control their glycemia (blood sugar level). But this drug – which was later discovered to also help you lose weight – is now largely diverted from its normal use, including by people who are not overweight, with all the risks that entails. A drift that is now taking hold in France, encouraged by public figures like Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla.
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