Dr. Paul Kolodzik has been prescribing semaglutide to his diabetic patients since 2017.
The one regret he hears from patients on the drug is they can't enjoy food as much.
Before that, I was an emergency physician for about 25 years, caring for patients with strokes, heart attacks, and diabetic emergencies.
I started prescribing semaglutide under the label Ozempic to my diabetic patients in 2017Novo Nordisk, a global pharmaceutical company, developed Ozempic as a medication for diabetics to control their blood sugar.
So, physicians started prescribing some patients who weren't diabetic Ozempic off-label since Ozempic is not approved for weight loss — even though it's the same generic medicine.