Lottie Moss is getting candid about a scary experience she had taking Ozempic.
The 26-year-old model, who is Kate Moss’ younger half-sister, opened up about why she decided to take the diabetes drug that’s become a popular weight-loss aid on the Thursday, Sept. 12 edition of her Dream On podcasts.
“I’m not going to lie to you guys. I definitely tried it. A few months ago I was not feeling happy with my weight,” confessed Moss.
“I had a friend, and she could get it for me. It was kind of below board. I’m not going to lie,” she said. “It was from a doctor, but it wasn’t like you go into a doctor’s office and he prescribes it for you, he takes your blood pressure and takes tests, which is what you need when you go on something like Ozempic.”
Moss expressed that while it is “not really meant for weight loss of people that aren’t of a very large size,” the amount she was taking “was actually meant for people who are 100 kilos (220 lbs.) and over, and I’m in the 50s (110 lbs.) range.”
“It’s these small things that I wish I’d known before taking it,” she said, noting that she injected it into her leg instead of her stomach to feel “less sick.”
Lottie Moss attending the ELLE List VIP Party at The Petersham, London.
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“It was the worst decision I ever made, so if this is a warning to anyone, please, if you’re thinking about doing it, do not take it. Like, it’s so not worth it. I would rather die at any day than take that again,” said Moss.
In addition to having “not a healthy drop” in weight, the podcast host said she would throw up, feel “so nauseous,” and had “never felt so sick in my life” for the two weeks she was on the medication.
Then, she needed to be hospitalized.
“I felt so sick one day. I said to my friend, ‘I can’t keep any water down. I can’t keep any food down, no liquids, nothing. I need to go to the hospital. I feel really sick, ‘ ” she recalled.
Moss said that her eyes were “almost concaving in” when she and he friend made it to the emergency room at 3:00 a.m.
She met with a nurse who told her that she was taking the incorrect amount of Ozempic and ended up having a seizure as a result of how dehydrated she was after being transferred to another area of the hospital.
“Which honestly was the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me in my life,” she added, issuing a message to her fans.
Lottie Moss attends the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 at One Marylebone on October 17, 2023 in London, England.
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“I hope by me talking about this and kind of saying my experience with it, it can be a lesson to some people that it’s so not worth it. It’s for diabetes, it’s not for weight loss, really,” she said, encouraging her supporting to “be happy with your weight.”
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“Be happy you have a body that functions and works instead of putting it through something like that. It can be so detrimental in the future for your body,” she said.
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