WATCH: How does diabetes drug Ozempic work?

Have you heard of the wonder drug taking Tik Tok by storm and wondered why it's so popular? We break the diabetes medication down in this video. | via Bhekisisa_MG

Ozempic is a once-a-week injectable drug used to treat diabetes. It contains a synthetic version of a hormone that regulates our blood sugar, but also causes the stomach to empty much slower which causes a reduction in appetite.

This leads people who take the medication to eat less and lose large amounts of weight in a short time. And research shows that once people stop taking Ozempic, they regain the weight they lost within a year.

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