Artemis Bayandor was initially delighted with the weight loss success she had with the hit Wegovy weight loss hit.
The 41-year-old lost just over a stone (approximately 7kg) of her stubborn baby weight in six months back in 2021.
But, forced to stop the shots in April 2022 after a price increase, the Illinois flight attendant said she ended up not only regaining the weight she lost, but gaining more weight than when she started.
In 18 months he had gained two kilos and was 16 pounds heavier than before he started injecting.
Bayandor said her appetite became “insatiable” when she stopped the medication, leading her to constantly snack and eat larger portions at dinner.
“As soon as I finish, I realize, ‘Oh, no, this small portion is not enough. I need more. “I’m still hungry,” he said.
And she is not alone. Experts recently highlighted that most people who stopped weight-loss jabs like Wegovy, which contains the same ingredient as Ozempic, regained two-thirds of the weight they lost in a year.
Artemis Bayandor, 41, of Illinois, says she now (right) weighs about 20 pounds more than before using Wegovy (left), which contains the same ingredient as Ozempic. She lost 15 pounds while taking the medication for six months, but quickly gained all the weight back and more.
TikTok star Remi Bader experienced a similar phenomenon and claimed that she had regained “twice the weight” she had lost while taking Ozempic.
Bader, who had previously sought treatment for binge eating disorder, also detailed how his binges worsened after quitting the drug.
Another celebrity who did not experience weight loss success with this drug is comedian and actor Tracy Morgan, who revealed earlier this year that he had overtaken Ozempic and gained 40 pounds (18 kg) while taking it.
Many patients, as experts highlight, have also reported that they have regained some of the weight they lost.
One of them is Meredith Schorr, a nurse from Arizona. The 25-year-old had gained three and a half kilos during the Covid pandemic.
She turned to semaglutide after diet and exercise failed and lost the pandemic weight she had gained in 11 months.
However, after coming off the medication to try for a baby, she found she had regained almost a stone of the weight she had lost.
Sam Tejada, 36, from Florida, told MailOnline he lost just over four stone while using semgalutide and tirzepatide, the active ingredient in the Mounjaro weight loss jab last year.
TikTok star Remi Bader experienced a similar phenomenon and claimed that she had regained “twice the weight” she had lost while taking Ozempic. She appears here at the premiere of “Wicked” in Los Angeles earlier this month.
Another celebrity who did not experience weight loss success with this drug is comedian and actor Tracy Morgan, who revealed earlier this year that he had overtaken Ozempic and gained 40 pounds (18 kg) while taking it. Photographed in New York earlier this month.
Tejada, who works in the wellness industry, dropped to just under 30 pounds while taking the medications.
But a month after stopping, he noticed his weight was starting to increase again.
However, he said he had managed to keep the weight off by increasing his exercise regime.
Numerous studies, including the original trials that led to the drug’s approval in the US and UK, have shown that patients regain lost weight if they stop taking them.
This has raised concerns that patients will need to take the medications for life to keep off the extra pounds.
Experts have also noted that those who stopped the medications had several indicators of poorer health, including higher blood pressure and cholesterol, as well as a higher risk of heart disease.
All fat injections currently on the market work by mimicking a hormone called GLP-1 that makes people feel full, reducing appetite and therefore helping with weight loss.
While studies suggest that the injections are primarily a weight-loss medication, they also have a number of other benefits, including reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke. and kidney diseases and, recently, even some cancers.
Meredith Schorr, 25, from Arizona, said she lost 50 pounds while taking semaglutide, the drug used in both Ozempic and Wegovy, for 11 months (before and after). He gained 10 pounds back, but said he managed to keep most of the weight off.
Sam Tejada, 36, from Florida, lost 60 pounds after taking Ozempic and then Mounjaro. He regained a few pounds after quitting drugs, but says a change in his daily life (now incorporating more exercise) has helped him maintain the regained weight.
Experts recently highlighted that most people who stopped weight loss jabs like Wegovy, which contains the same ingredient as Ozempic, regained two-thirds of their lost weight.
However, the injections have also been linked to a number of side effects that vary in both frequency and severity.
Reported problems include nausea, constipation, diarrhea, fatigue, stomach pain, headaches and dizziness.
Some patients have also reported strange symptoms, such as hair loss.
Much more serious problems have also been reported, including kidney damage, a dangerous inflammation of the pancreas called pancreatitis, and stomach paralysis.
The first official death linked to a weight-loss injection was recorded in the UK earlier this month.
Susan McGowan, 58, a nurse from Lanarkshire, died in September from multiple organ failure, septic shock and pancreatitis after receiving two low-dose injections of tirzepatide.
Fat-burning jabs have become the go-to slimming jab for celebrities including oprah Winfrey, Elon Musk, Sharon Osborne, chelsea controller and Robbie Williams.
While it is a potential “game changer” in the battle against obesity, there has been growing concern about the number of healthy and underweight patients needing emergency care after receiving the jabs in a bid to be “prepared.” for the beach body”.