Chelsea Handler 'didn't even know' she was on Ozempic until experiencing common side effects
Rhianna Benson
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Amid the ongoing debate of using the controversial drug Ozempic to lose weight, Chelsea Handler has unleashed some pretty horrifying revelations about her experience.
In fact, the US comedian and actress has made the bombshell admission that she'd been inadvertently taking the drug for some time, and even claimed she had no idea she was prescribed Ozempic until she began enduring some of its side effects.
In recent months, the drug has been hitting headlines across the world, after an ever-growing list of huge-name stars admitted to having dabbled in Ozempic use to shed a few pounds.
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A health and ethics-related dilemma has since been launched, however, being that the self-administered injection is originally intended to treat Type II diabetes.
Its main ingredient, semaglutide, helps to control blood sugar while also reducing the user's appetite, which has recently struck an appeal with a large number of A-listers - including the likes of Rebel Wilson, Sharon Osbourne, Kelly Clarkson, and James Corden.
And the latest name to have been added to the pile is 49-year-old Chelsea Does frontwoman, Chelsea Handler.
She wants it known, however, that she didn't take the drug knowingly.
Handler explained she was prescribed it by her anti-aging doctor who reportedly offered her 'semaglutide' on the basis of 'dropping 5lbs'.
Speaking on the popular Call Her Daddy podcast recently, the TV star claimed she simply didn't put two and two together when offered the drug that has been under mass scrutiny in recent months.
Handler firstly recalled: "My anti-aging doctor just hands it out to anybody. I didn't even know I was on it.
"She said, 'If you ever want to drop five lbs., this is good.'"
The comedy star added, however, that it wasn't until she began experiencing one of Ozempic's most notorious side effects that she became concerned over what exactly she'd been prescribed.
"I came back from a vacation and I injected myself with it," she continued. "I went to lunch with a girlfriend a few days later, and she was like, 'I'm not really eating anything. I'm so nauseous, I'm on Ozempic'.
"And I was like, 'I'm kind of nauseous too.' But I had just come back from Spain and was jet-lagged."
Various risks involved with taking Ozempic include nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, bloating, flatulence, and heartburn.
Handler went on to explain that her friend had subsequently asked her whether or not she was taking Ozempic, to which she reportedly replied to say that she was only 'on semaglutide'.
"'That's Ozempic'," she said her gal pal replied, before clarifying that she's no longer taking the drug.
"That's too irresponsible," Handler continued. "I'm an irresponsible drug user, but I'm not gonna take a diabetic drug. I tried it, and I'm not gonna do that. That's not for me. That's not right for me."
"I've injected about four or five of my friends with Ozempic because I realized I didn't wanna use it cause it's silly. It's for heavy people.
"Everyone is on Ozempic. It's gonna backfire, something bad is gonna happen."