Andrew and Bev left astounded as guest shares horrifying experience with Ozempic: 'Extraordinary!'

Andrew and Bev left astounded as guest shares horrifying experience with Ozempic: 'Extraordinary!'

WATCH NOW: Charlotte Griffiths shares her horrific experience of taking Ozempic

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Georgia Pearce

By Georgia Pearce


Published: 15/10/2024

- 16:12

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the initiative to offer weight loss jabs to jobless Britons could be 'monumental' in tackling obesity

GB News presenters Andrew Pierce and Bev Turner were left speechless after hearing a first-hand account of someone's experience with Ozempic, following the latest initiative to come from Labour to help tackle obesity.

Writing in the Telegraph, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said that "widening waistbands" are placing a "significant burden on our health service".


He claimed that the "long-term benefits of these drugs" could be "monumental in our approach to tackling obesity".

Sharing her own experience of using one of the top weight loss drugs, Ozempic, Editor at the Mail on Sunday Charlotte Griffiths revealed she was "sucked in" to the hype of taking the jab "at the school gates", after several mums obtained the drug online.

Charlotte Griffiths, Andrew Pierce, Bev Turner

Charlotte Griffiths shocked Bev and Andrew with her recollection of taking Ozempic

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Recalling how the Ozempic made her feel, Griffiths told GB News: "I felt unbelievably sick, to the point where I couldn't move for two or three days, and then pretty miserable for two weeks, and then low level miserable for eight weeks.

"At which point it finally left my system, and I started basically binge eating because I hadn't been able to eat properly. I hadn't had my appetite, and I was so excited I could eat a whole chocolate muffin again. I didn't gain all the weight back, but I really felt miserable for eight weeks."

Admitting the experience is "embarrassing" to talk about, Griffiths warned others who are hoping to get their hands on a weight loss drug that is it not the "quick fix" it is advertised as.

Griffiths claimed: "It sounds pathetic - I sound like a teenage girl who got caught up in a craze, but it is happening across the country. There wasn't enough information out there to say if you're being very stupid, which I was, don't do this.

Weight loss jabs

Weight loss injections such as Wegovy and Ozempic have become the latest 'quick fix' product

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"It blocks your dopamine receptors as well, so nothing brings you happiness or joy. So for those people who comfort eat and binge eat, sure it works because it stops you eating a pizza to feel better, but it doesn't address what's making you feel sad in the first place.

"So in some ways, it's not going to help Wes Streeting in the long term."

In the most shocking revelation from Griffiths, Andrew and Bev were left speechless as she recalled being told by the 111 nurse that she had also been taking the drug, and "felt fantastic".

Griffiths told GB News: "I thought it would be worth a go, and it'll be like a pill - it'll wear off in the morning if it doesn't work. I'll feel better in 24 hours.

"And so I was quite panicked when I realised I felt dreadful. I ended up calling 111, and the nurse kept saying 'are you sure you're not pregnant? Is that why you're being sick?', because I was being sick quite a lot.

"And I said, I'm telling you I've just taken an injection and I'm really scared. I'm frightened. The nurse on the other end of the line then said, 'oh, I've been on it for weeks, I've lost so much weight, I feel amazing'."

Charlotte Griffiths

Bev and Andrew were left speechless at Griffith's experience with the drug

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Andrew and Bev were visibly shocked as they reacted to Griffith's phone call, noting it was "shocking" and "extraordinary".

When asked by Bev how she managed to get a hold of the drug without being morbidly obese or diabetic, Griffiths shed light on how "easy" it is for regular Britons to obtain weight loss jabs online, without disclosing your true weight or health condition.

Griffiths said: "One of the mums on the school gate managed to get it by basically fibbing, she said that she was overweight online and she wasn't. And then the mums were literally just sharing them out in the school gates. She got one or two, and a couple of the other mums tried it."

Andrew responded: "The whole point about this is it's supposed to be prescribed to you by a doctor who would decide whether you're appropriate for it or not. But we know people are getting some of them from dodgy online pharmacies?"

Griffiths disagreed, concluding: "Some of them are getting them from not dodgy online pharmacies. Some of them are just getting them from Superdrug online and other legit online pharmacies."

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