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Spotlight: April 14

A forum around Ozempic use hears from Ajay Rochester and Roxy Jacenko.

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Headlines or not, 7News Spotlight is returning to Seven this Sunday with its story on Ozempic -is it the miracle cure for obesity?

Hosted by Michael Usher, with Sarah Greenhalgh, the episode hears from Ajay Rochester and Roxy Jacenko.

“I thought my weight was my fault my entire life,” the former Biggest Loser host says. “It wasn’t until I had medicine that fixed the food noise in my head that I realised it was a very real condition that I was living with.”

“People need Ozempic for diabetes and weight loss. They just want facts, information and help. Not judgement,” Michael Usher said. “And that’s what we provide with our medical experts and panel members.

“For some this is lifesaving. Some are desperate. Many are worried about supply. But there’s no doubt we’re about to see a radical shift in the treatment of obesity in Australia.”

Originally manufactured for people with Type 2 diabetes, it wasn’t long before a beneficial side effect of Ozempic was discovered – weight loss.

Now there’s a worldwide shortage as the people who need the medication to treat diabetes compete with overwhelming demand from those wanting to use Ozempic to shed the kilos.

Join 7NEWS Spotlight this Sunday at 8.45pm on Channel 7 and 7plus for this special TV event, featuring a studio audience and a panel of Australia’s top medical experts to answer all your big questions and explain everything you need to know about the Hollywood wonder drug dividing the world.

The panel will unpack all the pros and cons and hot-button issues including whether Ozempic should be widely available to children and whether the drug should be added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Plus, hear emotional personal stories from those who swear by the weight-loss drug to those who have nearly died from taking it.

Former The Biggest Loser host Ajay Rochester is brought to tears as she reveals how Ozempic has changed her life and her hopes for access to the drug so that no other child suffers the same “fat shaming” she endured for decades.

Australian PR maven Roxy Jacenko opens up in her most personal interview yet about just how terrifying and dangerous her Ozempic overdose was. “They [doctors] had never seen this before,” she tells the program. “My whole body was shaking. I couldn’t control my legs… it’s like I had no control of my body.” 

8.45pm Sunday on Seven.

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  1. Listening to some of these people on tonight’s program makes me sick as my husband is type 2 diabetic and because of people taking the easy way out instead of exercising to loose weight they are robbing people that really need ozempic to stay alive

  3. I have a major problem with this. I have a family member who is diabetic and needs this medication. It is in short supply because they are spruiking it as a weight loss medication. In the ad for this program, there was a woman who seemed peeved that she couldn’t get it because she wasn’t diabetic. It should be clear that it is only for those with diabetes.

    1. As someone who has diabetes, I’ve been unable to get this medication for months. And not even the pharmacists can tell me when it’ll be able for me to get again.

      The government needs to do more to ensure those who need this can get access to it. If that means legislating a generic version made in Australia, then they need to do it.

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