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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• Hollywood’s Latest Diet Craze? Ozempic, the Insulin Drug With Vanishing—Literally—Side Effects [Vanity Fair]
• Hollywood’s Secret New Weight Loss Drug, Revealed: The Hype and Hazards of Ozempic [Variety]
• Current and Resolved Drug Shortages and Discontinuations Reported to FDA [FDA]
• Jackie Goldschneider ‘horrified’ that Ozempic runs rampant in ‘Housewives’ world [Page Six]
• Kyle Richards slams ‘frustrating’ Ozempic rumors: It’s ‘offensive to me’ [Page Six]
• Ozempic® may help you lose some weight [Ozembic]
• Hyped weight loss drugs raise supply, equity concerns [Axios]
• A new weight loss drug could become the best-selling drug of all time. Who can afford it? [NBC News]
• Why Ozempic weight loss could cost you thousands — in plastic surgery bills [NYP]
• Chelsea Handler says she ‘didn’t know’ she was on Ozempic [CNN]
• Elon Musk weight loss [Twitter]
• PHOTO: RHOC Star Shannon Beador Shows Off Major Weight Loss & Denies Using Ozempic After John Janssen Split, See the Pic [Reality Blurb]
• 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]
• Andy Cohen, Sep 22, 2022: Everyone is suddenly showing up 25 pounds lighter.  What happens when they stop taking #Ozempic ????? [Twitter]
• 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]