Weight gain became inevitable for Meredith Schorr during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a nurse in the intensive care unit at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, her constant exposure to stress, intake of PTSD meds and poor diet led her to gain 50 pounds within a year and a half.
So when a friend recommended Ozempic to her in February 2022, Schorr grabbed the chance to change her life and return to her relatively fit and healthy body before the pandemic. The Food and Drug Administration-approved prescription medication is recommended for type 2 diabetes. But it has since gotten more famous for its guaranteed weight loss side effect.
Schorr did reap the benefits of taking the drug. But things took a different turn when the 25-year-old decided to stop taking Ozempic in January 2023 as she was contemplating starting a family.
“Around that five to six-week mark, I began to feel super hungry, and almost ravenous for a little bit,” Schorr told People this week, recounting her experience before and after using Ozempic.
According to her, the intended effects of the drug were still there for a few weeks after stopping its use. But when her body finally readjusted to Ozempic’s absence, she started gaining weight again.
Schorr admitted to gaining 10 pounds within two months of stopping the diabetes drug. And that’s because her appetite came back when she no longer took Ozempic.
“I was super hungry all of a sudden. So after that phase, I was able to kind of see, ‘Oh, I gained 10 [pounds]. I don’t want to lose any progress that I had made,’” she said.
Schorr shared that her experience with Ozempic was not easy. Within 24 hours of taking her first shot, she had gas pains, cramping, constipation and intense nausea. But those did not stop her from continuing its use to lose weight.
When Schorr managed to combat Ozempic’s side effects, she was able to focus on her goal, and that’s when she lost weight “pretty…
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