Ozempic is no more: celebrities ‘import’ more powerful medicines to lose weight quickly

The column learns that several Brazilian artists turn to relatives and friends when they travel to the United States to obtain Mounjaro, a medicine for the treatment of type 2 diabetes widely used for weight loss.

According to doctors, it offers a prolonged feeling of satiety. It would be more effective than similar drugs. Abroad it costs at least 1,200 dollars, equal to R$6,200, six times more than the price of the popular Ozempic in Brazilian pharmacies.

Despite being approved by Anvisa in September 2023, Mounjaro has not yet arrived in the country. Therefore, celebrities find ways to ‘import’ the pen through travellers. To carry out the formal import, a series of documents are required, including a patient health report and a doctor’s prescription.

Most celebrities do not admit to using Ozempic and Mounjaro. He prefers to publicize the version according to which he lost weight exclusively through exercise and nutritional re-education.

One of the few to use it was Jojo Todynho, who was preparing for bariatric surgery last year. Among foreigners, presenter Oprah Winfrey, actress and singer Kelly Osbourne and billionaire Elon Musk have spoken openly about the consumption of this type of medicine.

Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg, of the films ‘Ghost’ and ‘Change of Habit’, revealed she lost “almost two people” using Mounjaro. She had reached 135 kg. She needed to lose weight on doctor’s orders.

In the artistic world there is a race to lose weight quickly at any cost. The ‘body positive’ movement, which freed people – anonymous and famous – from the dictatorship of thinness and encouraged acceptance of one’s body outside of rigid aesthetic canons, seems to have lost strength.

Warning: self-medication carries health risks. The use of controlled medicines should be carried out under the supervision of a doctor.

Source: Terra