Chelsea Handler mentioned she was unknowingly taking Ozempic, the Type 2 diabetes drug that many are utilizing to shed extra pounds, after her physician prescribed it.
On the Call Her Daddy podcast, the comic advised host Alex Cooper that her “anti-aging doctor just hands it out to anybody.”
“I didn’t even know I was on it,” Handler said.
Ozempic is a brand name for semaglutide, an injectable medication that the FDA approved in 2017 to treat and manage Type 2 diabetes and heart complications that people with it face.
The FDA approved it as a weight-loss drug under the brand name Wegovy in 2021 for chronic weight management. But the rise in people taking the drug, regardless of whether they need it, has led to a scarcity for folks with Type 2 diabetes.
While joking about being a physician, Handler mentioned she has prescribed Ozempic to 4 to 5 of her associates. She then mentioned she didn’t need to use the drug as a result of she didn’t want it.
“Can you believe the amount of people in LA who are using it?” Cooper mentioned.
“It’s going to backfire,” Handler responded. “Something bad is going to happen.”
Handler added that as a result of it’s a miracle drug for individuals who have struggled their complete lives to shed extra pounds, she thinks it’s “too irresponsible” for her to take it.
“I’m an irresponsible drug user, but I’m not going to take a diabetic drug,” she mentioned.