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Alexandra Sternlicht

Cheerful Ozempic TikTok belies a hidden economy of commissions and drug discounts

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Lauren Johnston is an Alabama mom on TikTok who has dutifully documented her 10-month journey from 220 pounds to 144 pounds using weight loss drug Mounjaro. The videos of Johnston dancing with her daughter, and of the once skintight workout tops transformed into billowy neon fabrics hanging from her petite frame, have garnered hundreds of thousands of views. 

In the comments under the videos, viewers share their own tales of pound shedding with Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy, and other prescription weight loss drugs, and express their desire to emulate her success.

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