How Ozempic works: why a diabetes shot makes people stop feeling hungry
Ozempic nausea: why a hunger drug can make you feel sick
Feeling sick is the most common side effect of Ozempic and the other GLP-1 drugs. It is strongest in the first weeks and after each dose increase, and then it usually fades. What is going on in the stomach?
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Let's go back to the start. In his first weeks on the shot, Rono often felt a little sick after eating. Some days, a few bites were enough.
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He was far from alone. In the big trials of semaglutide for weight, 44 people in 100 felt sick at some point. With a fake shot, it was 16 in 100.
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