ELI5: How does Ozempic cause weight loss?

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ELI5: How does Ozempic cause weight loss?

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  1. jamcdonald120 Avatar

    It makes you less hungry so you eat less. So instead of feeling slightly hungry and snacking on junk food, you just dont.

    Pretty simple.

  2. SMStotheworld Avatar

    It makes you feel less hungry. When you do feel hungry, you do so less often. When you eat food, you feel full sooner after having eaten a smaller amount of food. Once you’ve eaten, your stomach empties more slowly, so you stay full for longer and can go longer without eating more food. Even if you make no other changes, you will find you lose some weight from this alone. It’s a very good medicine. If your insurance covers it, you should take it.

  3. hdorsettcase Avatar

    GLP is the chemical that tells you to stop eating. Ozempic is very similar to GLP, but it was been changed so the stop eating feeling lasts longer.

  4. UrgeToKill Avatar

    It makes people not feel hungry, and in turn they eat less food. Eating less food than the energy your body uses will result in weight loss.

  5. SnooEpiphanies1813 Avatar

    Ozempic is the name brand for the diabetes medication semaglutide which is also called Wegovy when marketed for weight loss. It works in the brain, the pancreas, and the gut to mimic a natural hormone in the body called GLP-1 which makes you feel fuller for longer, decreases appetite, and slows down the GI tract which helps your body use insulin more effectively and leads to most people losing a lot of weight.