The rise of weight loss injections like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro [Video]

Celebrities were among the first to jump on the bandwagon with weight-loss injections. 

This time last year, the practice had become so prominent throughout Hollywood that Jimmy Kimmel, while hosting the 2023 Academy Award, even cracked a joke about their prevalence.

A year later, and weight-loss injections have become commonplace even among common folk.

There’s a good chance, in fact, that someone you know is now on one of these so-called “miracle shots.”

But, as with any drug so new to the market, big questions remain about safety, affordability, access and effectiveness of these offerings.

Are these drugs really the easy answers they’re being sold as?

Chapter 1 How they work

Some know these drugs through brand names such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or Zepbound. Others know it as semaglutide.

They all belong to the GLP-1 agonist class of drugs.

GLP-1 stands for …