Sharon Osbourne shares extreme side effects of using weight loss injections; know more about these medications

"I was very sick for a couple of months," Osbourne, 70, said during an episode of UK's The Talk. "The first couple of months, I just felt nauseous. Every day I felt nauseous, my stomach was upset," she added.

She did not specify which injection she used but revealed that she took it for four months and lost a total of 30 pounds. (Source: Sharon Osbourne/ Instagram)

Sharon Osbourne, a British-American television personality, recently revealed that she used weight loss injectables to shed pounds but experienced some harsh side effects in the process. “I was very sick for a couple of months,” Osbourne, 70, said during an episode of The Talk. “The first couple of months, I just felt nauseous. Every day I felt nauseous, my stomach was upset,” she added.

While she did not specify the injection she used, but revealed that she took it for four months and lost a total of 30 pounds. Osbourne warned that “like everything, there’s always no quick recipe,” but added that her appetite is back to normal after discontinuing the medications.

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What are weight loss medications?

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Weight loss medications are a treatment designed to address weight-related health issues. “For weight loss, medications are a good option compared to what diet and lifestyle changes provide. They’re also effective for diabetes. However, weight regain is still possible once the lifestyle changes affected by oral medications or injectables are stopped or not maintained with diet and exercise,” Dr Manish Joshi, Chief Surgical Gastroenterologist, HPB, Bariatric, Advanced Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeon told indianexpress.com.

The most popular types of weight loss injections contain semaglutide, which helps regulate blood sugar and keeps the body fuller for longer. (Source: Freepik)

“Current popular weight loss medications include orlistat, liraglutide, semaglutide and others. Orlistat is oral medication, while liraglutide (Victoza) is an injectable form and semaglutide (Rybelsus, Wegovy) is available both as oral and injection,” he said.

According to Dr Joshi, the potential side effects of weight loss medications are mild to severe nausea and vomiting. Some people may have diarrhoea as well. “Additionally, semaglutide injection may increase the risk of developing tumors of the thyroid gland, including medullary thyroid carcinoma. It should be taken under proper physician consultation with regular monitoring.”

Recommending diet and lifestyle changes as a popular and safe way of losing weight, the expert added that it may not induce desired weight loss and not be feasible for the elderly or people with joint pains. Other methods of weight loss include “intragastric balloon (Allurion), which is low risk as it does not require anaesthesia or endoscopy or surgery and promotes medium weight loss around 10-15% of total body weight.”

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On the other hand, “Bariatric and metabolic surgery is the mainstay of sustained weight loss over few years, however, it has standard risks of surgery and anaesthesia. It also gives durable weight loss,” Dr Joshi said.

Concluding, the expert said, “First, decide how much weight you want to lose in consultation with an obesity expert for your clinical condition. Then decide whether you want surgical or non-surgical weight loss option.”

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