Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Semaglutide, the drug famously sold under brand names like Ozempic and Wegovy, has boomed in popularity in just a handful of years. It’s not limited to doing just one thing inside your body… making it a double-edged sword with both benefits /and/ risks. We’re starting to learn what all those things are, and while some of it is great, some of it is less great. So here are 5 things they’re not telling you about semaglutide.

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