Is it possible that Ozempic atrophies the gluteal muscles, as claimed by Dayanne Bezerra?

The influencer took to social media to say she felt ugly due to the results of her weight-loss drug treatment

The speech of Dayanne Bezerra, the digital influencer sister of Deolane Bezerra, stating that her buttocks were atrophied after using the medicine Ozempic, once again raised doubts about the side effects of the medicine. Crying, she asked, “How can a person want to lose weight to look beautiful and become ugly? I’m ugly.” The medicine is intended to treat type 2 diabetes, but its use off-label – that is, outside of what is indicated in the package leaflet – causes weight loss.

Despite the influencer’s dissatisfaction with her body, the the endocrinologist Flavia Pieroni explains that the change in the shape of the buttocks occurs due to “lack of adequate prescription”. After all, Dayanne Bezerra is not an obese person.

“The excessive weight loss that occurs in people using Ozempic outside of its intended indication has stigmatized the drug. Ozempic is an excellent treatment when properly indicated and has helped countless people with obesity manage this chronic, multifactorial disease , recurrent and its indication, prescription and monitoring should always be done by a doctor,” he says.

The specialist warns about the importance of using the medicine under medical supervision and criticizes its use by thin people who would like to lose even more weight. According to the doctor, the practice ends up “reinforcing effects that are not observed in the adequate treatment of obesity”.

Body fat vs visceral fat

Research shows a significant improvement in the body composition of Ozempic users. The doctor explains that it is possible that there is a loss of skeletal muscle mass, but “studies show losses that are not significant and proportionally much lower than the loss of fat mass.” In other words: the loss of fat mass, visible to us, is much greater than the loss of skeletal muscle mass.

The doctor emphasizes that drugs cannot and should not be the only tool used in the treatment of obesity. “A balanced diet, with adequate protein intake, as well as the encouragement of resistance exercise (like weight training, for example) play an important role in quality weight loss.”

According to the endocrinologist, skeletal muscle mass is important for maintaining or even increasing energy expenditure and helping maintain lost weight. “Ozempic therefore modifies the patients’ body, but in a positive way, improving the ratio between skeletal muscle mass and fat mass”, she concludes.

Source: Terra

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