Recently, the news of Tesla CEO Elon Musk's 13kg weight loss transformation took over the internet by storm. In a Twitter post, Musk credited fasting and a diabetes drug called Wegovy for his "fit, ripped and healthy" physique. Since then words like Ozempic and Wegovy, both of which are injectable medications, manufactured by Novo Nordisk, a Danish pharmaceutical giant, have been making rounds on the social media platform TikTok, becoming a viral trend.
But regardless of how popular the drug has become, questions regarding its ability to induce weight loss, its safety and side effects remain. To help us get some clarity on the same, we at ETimes Lifestyle, spoke to leading endocrinologists.
