Gerrard Kaonga
A woman has explained just how much happier she is now that she has lost weight, but admits there was one serious side effect of the weight loss medication she used that she wasn’t expecting.
Weight loss drugs have quickly become all the rage, with many using them after being prescribed by a health professional.
Being praised by celebrities and normal citizens alike, many have found themselves wishing their doctor would prescribe a GLP-1 drug to help them shed the pounds.
While there are many stories of people loving the results, there have also been instances where the reported side effects have proven to be rather detrimental.
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British woman Shona has explained her experience after getting on weight loss medication Mounjaro.
She noted that she has loved the way she looks after just being on it for five months; however, she's also issued a warning to others.
Writing in a Mail Online op-ed, she explained: “I’ve been on it since the beginning of February and have lost 17kg – the equivalent of around two pounds a week.
“While I was 78kg (12st 4lb) when I started, I’m now 61kg (9st 10lb) and in this respect I couldn’t be more delighted. I haven’t been this weight since before the birth of my fourth child, Dolly, in 2009.
“It has been 16 years of watching the scales ominously creeping upwards, during which time I have been through perimenopause and then menopause. And it has taken just five incredible months to lose it all again. I can’t explain how amazing that feels.”
She also highlighted the positive comments she has gotten from her friends and families. However, she says she feels like she has developed an eating disorder as a result of being on the weight loss drug.
Explaining that she made herself throw up after consuming a cinnamon pastry, noting that feelings of guilt kicked in.
She wrote: “The truth is unsettling and something I would never have predicted, but I can no longer ignore the darker side of what is happening to me.
“The fact is that using fat jabs has at the very least encouraged an unhealthy relationship with food, and at the very worst triggered an eating disorder. This is the Mounjaro mind game nobody talks about. I now see food as the enemy, something to be avoided at all cost.”
Shona also quoted doctor Tom Hildebrandt, who said he was seeing an increase in patients with eating disorders taking weight-loss drugs.
She quoted him as saying: “In some cases, a person’s brain may interpret such dramatic, sudden weight loss as starvation, making people more obsessive about food.
“People who are taking these new weight-loss drugs may then find themselves compelled to further limit how much food they eat, even when it endangers their health."
In response, the maker of Mounjaro, Eli Lilly, told UNILAD: "Patient safety is Lilly’s top priority, and we actively engage in monitoring, evaluating, and reporting safety information for all our medicines.
"Mounjaro (tirzepatide) should only be used when prescribed and supervised by a licensed healthcare professional, and prescriptions should be fulfilled and supplied by registered pharmacies or providers.
"We encourage patients to consult their doctor or other healthcare professional to discuss any possible side effects they may be experiencing."