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\nFrom The New York Times Nov. 22, 2022
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\nOzempic, a drug used to treat diabetes, has gained attention recently as celebrities, a tech mogul and TikTok influencers have described taking it to lose weight in short time frames.
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\nThe Food and Drug Administration first approved the injectable medication for treating diabetes in 2017; the agency approved a drug with a higher dose of the active ingredient in Ozempic, called semaglutide, to treat obesity in 2021, under the brand name Wegovy. Since then, talk of the drug has popped up across the internet. Elon Musk, when asked about how he looked \u201cfit, ripped and healthy,\u201d tweeted that he was taking Wegovy. Andy Cohenposted about Ozempic\u2019s growing popularity. In September, Variety reported that actors and producers \u201care quietly singing the drug\u2019s praises\u201d on Signal, an encrypted messaging app. On TikTok, thehashtag #Ozempic has been viewed over 273 million times, with people alternately expressing shock over their supposed medication-induced weight loss and swapping stories about side effects.
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