Current:Home > reviewsKate Moss' sister Lottie Moss opens up about 'horrible' Ozempic overdose, hospitalization -AssetVision
Kate Moss' sister Lottie Moss opens up about 'horrible' Ozempic overdose, hospitalization
View
Date:2025-04-26 12:26:54
Lottie Moss is opening up about her shocking struggles with Ozempic.
The British model, and sister to supermodel Kate Moss, got candid in a YouTube video on Thursday about past usage of the popular prescription drug which treats diabetes, obesity and heart disease.
"I'm not going to lie to you guys. I definitely tried it," Moss said in an episode of her "Dream On" podcast titled, “My Ozempic Hell: I Had Seizures, A&E, Weight Loss," calling her past use of Ozempic the "worst decision" she's ever made. She also told viewers she got the drug, which requires a prescription, from a friend and not a doctor.
"If this is a warning to anyone, please, if you’re thinking about doing it, do not take it," Moss, 26, told "Dream On" listeners. "Like, it’s so not worth it. I would rather die at any day than take that again."
Kelly Osbourne says Ozempic useis 'amazing' after mom Sharon's negative side effects
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
“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,’” Lottie Moss said, recalling the incident.
Moss later had a seizure and called the situation the "scariest thing she's ever had to deal with" in her life and added that the incident was "honestly horrible."
She continued: "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."
"This should not be a trend right now, where did the body positivity go here? We were doing so well," she said, saying it's been going back to "super, super thin" body standards and calling the trend "heroin chic." Her sister Kate helped popularize a similar look in the 1990s during the rise of supermodel stardom.
She told fans to "be happy with your weight."
"It can be so detrimental in the future for your body. You don't realize it now, but restricting foods and things like that can really be so detrimental in the future," Moss said.
Moss said that when she was taking the drug, "the amount that I was taking was actually meant for people who are 100 kilos and over, and I'm in the 50s range." (100 kilos is 220 pounds while 50 kilos is roughly 110 pounds.)
Drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro can help someone lose 15% to 20% of their body weight – as much as 60 pounds for someone who started at 300.
Weight loss medications work by sending signals to the appetite center of the brain to reduce hunger and increase fullness, according to Dr. Deborah Horn, an assistant professor of surgery at the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Once a person stops taking the drug, that effect is gone, paving the way for some people to regain what they lost if they don't adjust their diet and exercise patterns.
Side effects from Ozempic run the gamut – from losing too much weight, to gaining it all back, to plateauing. Not to mention the nausea, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal issues.
Contributing: David Oliver
veryGood! (42548)
Related
- Chuck Scarborough signs off: Hoda Kotb, Al Roker tribute legendary New York anchor
- Stock market today: Asian shares advance, tracking rally on Wall Street
- Trump will be honored as Time’s Person of the Year and ring the New York Stock Exchange bell
- Kylie Kelce's podcast 'Not Gonna Lie' tops Apple, Spotify less than a week after release
- Residents worried after ceiling cracks appear following reroofing works at Jalan Tenaga HDB blocks
- 'Maria' review: Angelina Jolie sings but Maria Callas biopic doesn't soar
- Atmospheric river and potential bomb cyclone bring chaotic winter weather to East Coast
- When does 'No Good Deed' come out? How to watch Ray Romano, Lisa Kudrow's new dark comedy
- California DMV apologizes for license plate that some say mocks Oct. 7 attack on Israel
- Through 'The Loss Mother's Stone,' mothers share their grief from losing a child to stillbirth
Ranking
- Woman dies after Singapore family of 3 gets into accident in Taiwan
- Stop & Shop is using grocery store kiosks to make digital
- 'The Voice' Season 26 finale: Coach Michael Bublé scores victory with Sofronio Vasquez
- Bill Belichick's salary at North Carolina: School releases football coach's contract details
- Tom Holland's New Venture Revealed
- 'Maria' review: Angelina Jolie sings but Maria Callas biopic doesn't soar
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Follow Your Dreams
- Kylie Kelce's podcast 'Not Gonna Lie' tops Apple, Spotify less than a week after release
Recommendation
Trump's 'stop
Woody Allen and Soon
KISS OF LIFE reflects on sold
Stop & Shop is using grocery store kiosks to make digital
Tarte Shape Tape Concealer Sells Once Every 4 Seconds: Get 50% Off Before It's Gone
ParkMobile $32.8 million settlement: How to join class
Through 'The Loss Mother's Stone,' mothers share their grief from losing a child to stillbirth
US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise