Feb 23, 2023
From 'The Real Housewives' to A-listers, controversial diabetes drug Ozempic is the talk of TikTok and Tinseltown med-spas. This week, we trace its origins, unpack its ubiquity, and link it to past weight loss drug disasters like fen-phen in the '90s.
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Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.
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Hollywood’s Latest Diet Craze? Ozempic, the Insulin Drug With Vanishing—Literally—Side Effects [Vanity Fair]
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Hollywood’s Secret New Weight Loss Drug, Revealed: The Hype and Hazards of Ozempic [Variety]
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Current and Resolved Drug Shortages and Discontinuations Reported to FDA [FDA]
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Jackie Goldschneider ‘horrified’ that Ozempic runs rampant in ‘Housewives’ world [Page Six]
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Kyle Richards slams ‘frustrating’ Ozempic rumors: It’s ‘offensive to me’ [Page Six]
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Ozempic® may help you lose some weight [Ozembic]
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Hyped weight loss drugs raise supply, equity concerns [Axios]
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A new weight loss drug could become the best-selling drug of all time. Who can afford it? [NBC News]
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Why Ozempic weight loss could cost you thousands — in plastic surgery bills [NYP]
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Chelsea Handler says she ‘didn’t know’ she was on Ozempic [CNN]
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Elon Musk weight loss [Twitter]
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PHOTO: RHOC Star Shannon Beador Shows Off Major Weight Loss & Denies Using Ozempic After John Janssen Split, See the Pic [Reality Blurb]
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MEGHAN MCCAIN: I just gave birth and I'm being urged to take a 'miracle shot' of Ozempic as a quick fix to melt away the baby weight... It's horrifying, unfair and disturbing - and I refuse [DailyMail]
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Andy Cohen, Sep 22, 2022: Everyone is suddenly showing up 25 pounds lighter. What happens when they stop taking #Ozempic ????? [Twitter]
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Why Ozempic weight loss could cost you thousands — in plastic surgery bills [NYP] [Feb 13, 2023]
- A new weight loss drug could become the best-selling drug of all time. Who can afford it? [NBC News] [Jan 2023]
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