Vrinda took in her neighbour’s delivery of the same medication (Picture: Natasha Pszenicki)
It was the little warning on the purple packaging that caught Vrinda Guha’s eye.
Taking the delivery for her neighbour Molly who was away on the holiday, the fact that the contents needed to be refrigerated – and the familiar bright packaging – was an instant giveaway to those in the know.
Like Vrinda, 33, it was clear her neighbour was also taking Wegovy, in a bid to lose weight.
‘As the medication had to be refrigerated, I knew I would have to open the package and put it in the fridge,’ Vrinda, who lives in North London, tells Metro. ‘I felt a little awkward, but I texted her straight away and had to be open about the situation.’
But rather than feel embarrassed about weight battles or taking the controversial semaglutide drug – which was first patented as Ozempic to treat type 2 diabetes and later as Wegovy for weight loss specifically – it brought the women closer together.
Vrinda Guha started taking Wegovy through a private company (Picture: Natasha Pszenicki)
‘Molly came back from her break and knocked on my door to pick up the meds and we ended up having a chat about the whole thing,’ remembers Vrinda.
‘I was actually surprised she was on Wegovy, as I had always thought she looked amazing, but she said she felt she needed a helping hand – she had tried everything, but this was the only thing that had really worked for her.’
Her story felt very familiar to Vrinda, who had spent 12 years trying countless diets to no avail. While weight loss injections have been slammed as a ‘quick-fix’ approach to obesity, with those taking it often viewed as lazy or vain, the issue is far more nuanced, and for people like Vrinda, they’ve been life-changing.
‘Over the years, I went through phases of feeling motivated to lose weight, and then feeling so deflated when I was working so hard and not losing anything,’ Vrinda says.
‘It got to the point where my health was starting to worry me,’ she admits. ‘Especially as I am on a fair bit of medication for migraines and hormonal problems, which makes it much harder for me to lose weight naturally.’
What is semaglutide, and what’s the difference between Ozempic and Wegovy?
Put simply, Ozempic and Wegovy are both brand names – but they’re both variations of a weight loss drug called semaglutide.
Ozempic is patented to treat type 2 diabetes, improving blood sugar to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular incidents. The Ozempic guidelines outline that the drug – which is injected – ‘may help you to lose some weight’ but specifies that it is ‘not for weight loss.’ The same rules apply in the US.
While Ozempic is used to treat type 2 diabetes, Wegovy – another form of the ingredient semaglutide, under a different name – it is also used to treat ‘adults with obesity or excess weight who …read more
Source:: Metro
