Elon Musk is apparently losing weight after switching from Ozempic to a drug that has been hailed as the ‘King Kong’ of weight loss drugs.
Musk, 53, admitted to taking Mounjaro, a drug that typically treats type 2 diabetes by lowering a person’s blood sugar levels, in a festive post on his X social media platform.
tthe billionaire tesla The CEO posted a photo of himself dressed as Santa Claus posing in front of a Christmas tree and wrote: “Ozempic Santa.”
And he added: ‘Like Cocaine Bear, but Santa and Ozempic! Technically, Mounjaro, but that doesn’t sound the same.
Musk had previously been taking Ozempic, another diabetes drug that has been widely used by celebrities to lose weight, but sought an alternative after “high doses” of the drug caused him to “fart and burp like Barney from The Simpsons.” .
He states that “Mounjaro appears to have fewer side effects” and appears to be “more effective.” The telegraph reported.
Mounjaro was approved by the Food and Drug Administration to serve as a weight management drug in November 2023 under the brand name Zepbound.
The drug was nicknamed the “King Kong” of weight-loss drugs because experts say it is more effective for weight loss than similar drugs.
But earlier this month doctors issued a stern warning about misleading claims about the drugs’ safety and the risk of serious injuries, including stomach paralysis, gallbladder problems and pancreatitis.
Elon Musk, dressed in a Santa Claus costume and standing in front of the Christmas tree, revealed on Wednesday that he was taking Mounjaro, a drug similar to Ozempic.
Musk (pictured earlier this month) had previously been taking Ozempic, another diabetes drug that has been widely used by celebrities to lose weight, but sought an alternative after “high doses” of the drug made him ” fart and burp like Barney from The Simpsons
Mounjaro, an injectable GLP-1 inhibitor, works by reducing food cravings and causing the stomach to empty more slowly, resulting in weight loss.
Studies revealed that patients taking Mounjaro typically lost more than 20 percent of their body weight, compared to less than 14 percent when taking semaglutide, the key ingredient in competitors Wegovy and Ozempic.
Research has suggested that expanding public access to GLP-1 medications could save 42,000 lives annually in the US, including 11,000 patients with type 2 diabetes.
Musk, who was tapped to lead President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency, has been vocal in his support for weight-loss drugs.
Just two weeks ago, the SpaceX billionaire said that “nothing would do more to improve the health, life expectancy and quality of life of Americans than making LPG inhibitors super low cost to the public.” Nothing else is even close.
But Republicans are apparently divided over whether the incoming administration should continue with President Joe Biden’s plan to expand anti-obesity drug coverage for Americans using federally funded health care programs.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the famous TV doctor whom Trump tapped to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services next year, is one of the biggest advocates of weight-loss drugs.
However, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member of Trump’s inner circle who was nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has been incredibly public about his opposition to drugs as the primary method of combating obesity.
RFK Jr. previously said that while weight-loss medications “have a place,” the “first line of response should be lifestyle changes.”
Some of the best-known GLP-1 drugs are Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound.
Musk, pictured in 2022, before his weight loss journey began, has been vocal in his support of weight loss medications. Just two weeks ago he said that “nothing would do more to improve the health, life expectancy and quality of life of Americans than making LPG inhibitors super low cost to the public.” Nothing else is even close’
But Musk’s views on weight-loss drugs are not entirely in line with those of Robert Kennedy Jr., who could soon lead the Department of Health and Human Services if confirmed by the Senate. Musk is pictured with Donald Trump, RFK Jr, Donald Jr and speaker Mike Johnson eating McDo0nald’s while aboard Trump Force One last month.
Musk’s views are not completely in line with those of Robert Kennedy Jr. RFK Jr. could soon lead the Department of Health and Human Services if confirmed by the Senate
Shortly after his nomination in mid-November, RFK Jr. joined Greg Gutfeld’s late-night show to expose how an estimated 9 million prescriptions for weight-loss drugs like Ozempic are written in the United States each year.
‘We are spending 1.6 thousand dollars a month on this medicine. There is a bill right now before Congress that will make it available to all overweight people… that alone will cost 3 billion dollars a year.
“If we spent about a fifth of that amount on feeding every man, woman and child in our country well, three meals a day, we could solve the obesity and diabetes epidemic overnight.”
However, RFK Jr. changed his tune slightly about Ozempic during an interview with CNBC at the New York Stock Exchange on December 12, the day Trump was invited to ring the opening bell.
RFK Jr.’s about-face also came a day after Musk, who has become one of Trump’s closest allies and supporters, publicly expressed his support for the drug.
‘The first line of response should be lifestyle. It should be about eating right, making sure you don’t become obese and that those GLP medications have a place,” RFK Jr. said.
Trump himself has been the subject of the Ozempic rumors that have plagued nearly every rich and famous who has lost weight in recent months.
In May, when Trump was the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, ‘The View”s Joy Behar blurted out that he was on Ozempic after co-host Sunny Hostin said he looked ‘thinner’ when she saw him in person.
Musk has also become a near-constant presence in Trump’s daily activities, to the point that some Democrats have questioned who is really in charge.
Hostin saw him outside his hush money trial in Manhattan and commented on both his build and his weight.
It is a burnt sienna color. I had never seen it in person and didn’t realize it was so orange. “Ana (Navarro) has been making jokes about how orange he is… he’s almost like a radioactive orange,” Hostin said of Trump.
Sunny continued: ‘It’s very shocking to see him in person, it really is, because he’s a tall person and also a little thinner now, I don’t know if he’s taking the photo or whatever…’ before Joy intervened and claimed . : ‘It’s in Ozempic, you know!’
Trump recently took down his Ozempic-supporting ally after both Democrats and social media users derisively called him “vice president” and suggested Musk was really running the show.
Speaking for more than an hour at conservative Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix on Sunday, Trump expressed that even if Musk wanted to be president, he couldn’t.
“No, he’s not going to be president, I can tell you that,” Trump told the crowd.
And I’m safe. Do you know why it can’t be? He was not born in this country,’ he continued.
Musk, the world’s richest man, spent more than $250 million to help the Republican president-elect win a second term and has been a near-constant presence at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home ever since.
There has been growing concern about misleading claims about drug safety and the risk of serious gastrointestinal injuries, including stomach paralysis and gallbladder problems.
Tirzepatide, available as Mounjaro, has been hailed as a “game-changing” treatment for weight loss, but like all medications it is not without side effects.
There has been growing concern about the safety of the drug and the risk of serious injuries, including stomach paralysis and gallbladder problems.
Doctors have also warned that pancreatitis (when the pancreas suddenly becomes inflamed) is another “rare but serious side effect” of Mounjaro.
If left untreated, pancreatitis can lead to life-threatening complications, such as multiple organ failure, kidney problems, and breathing problems.
Studies have already suggested that there may be a link between Mounjaro and an increased risk of pancreatitis, when the pancreas suddenly becomes inflamed.
However, there is not yet enough evidence to show who is at higher risk for this side effect and why the medication might trigger it.