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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Farache

The ‘next Ozempic’ became a social media sensation. Then everything changed

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Kay thought she’d finally made it.

After years of diets, exercise routines, failed obesity treatments and shame for being overweight, the 49-year-old teacher from Missouri found a medication that helped her lose 25 pounds in three months. “It was life-changing,” she says.

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