Greg Davies shares long-term Ozempic side-effect after ‘not liking’ weight reduction jab

Greg Davies is getting actual about his expertise utilizing Ozempic.

Though created and licensed for the administration of kind 2 diabetes, the GLP-1 treatment has grow to be common amongst celebrities ‘off-label’ for its weight administration uncomfortable side effects.

Ozempic, in addition to Wegovy and Mounjaro – each of that are licensed for weight reduction, have grow to be vastly common amongst celebrities lately, with everybody from Amy Schumer to Jeremy Clarkson and Serena Williams all utilizing the jabs to shed kilos.

The treatment has since made its method out of Hollywood and onto the excessive road, because the NHS now affords Mounjaro and Wegovy on prescription to those that meet necessities.

Latest figures printed by UCL revealed that round 1.6 million Brits are actually utilizing GLP-1 medication – a statistic which incorporates Taskmaster host Greg Davies.

Davies opened up about his expertise utilizing the treatment in a latest interview with The Times, revealing that whereas he’d misplaced three stone, he wasn’t totally proud of the outcomes.

“Three stone fell off me,” he stated. “However I didn’t actually prefer it, it made me a bit gaunt.”

Feeling like his weight reduction had altered his look an excessive amount of, Davies stopped utilizing them and ended up regaining round half of the burden he misplaced.

Nonetheless, the treatment would have an enduring impact on his urge for food, with The Inbetweeners actor revealing that he can not eat as a lot meals as he used to.

“My urge for food’s by no means gone again to the best way it was. I can’t ram issues in the best way I used to,” he stated.

How does GLP-1 treatment work?

The medication comprise an energetic ingredient of both semaglutide (Wegovy, Ozempic) or tirzepatide (Mounjaro), each of which stimulate the hormone GLP-1.

This regulates an individual’s blood sugar by stimulating insulin launch, limiting spikes and due to this fact the frequency with which an individual feels hungry. The treatment additionally slows down digestion, making you’re feeling fuller for longer.

Mix this with train and life-style modifications, and the treatment has been a game-changer in serving to folks to drop a few pounds.

This is not the primary time Davies has spoken overtly about his expertise utilizing Ozempic, with the 57-year-old beforehand telling The Times that his physician had warned him that his top – Davies is 6ft 8″ – was masking potential points together with his weight.

In response to the comic’s GP, if we had been any shorter at his earlier weight, he would ‘look overweight’.