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Written and medically reviewed by W. van Donselaar, MD, BIG 79020681301, on 20-05-2026. Ozempic has side effects, mainly gastrointestinal. Most are mild to moderate and occur in the first few weeks, when your body needs to get used to semaglutide. What proportion of users experience them depends on dosage,

Written and medically reviewed by W. van Donselaar, MD, BIG 79020681301, on 20-05-2026. How long you use Ozempic for is not a fixed number. But it is rarely a short course. The drug works as long as you take it. If you stop, something changes in how your body deals with hunger. In obesity, longer use is often

Written and medically assessed by W. van Donselaar, MD, BIG 79020681301, on 07-05-2026. Ozempic contains the substance semaglutide. Doctors in the Netherlands prescribe it for type 2 diabetes. It helps regulate your blood sugar when diet, exercise and other medications don't do enough. It works in several places at once. If you have diabetes, the

Written and medically reviewed by W. van Donselaar, MD, BIG 79020681301, on 07-05-2026. Ozempic contains semaglutide and is registered for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Inclinical studies with semaglutide in obese adults, participants lost an average of 12 to 15 per cent of their body weight over 68 weeks, combined with lifestyle counselling. What this means for you depends

You have an important moment in 2 weeks: perhaps a wedding, beach holiday or some other occasion where you would like to be a bit tighter in your skin. The question that then arises is logical: can I lose weight in 2 weeks, and if so, how much? The honest answer is that you can definitely lose weight in 2 weeks

At first glance, these drugs look very similar. Yet the differences lie precisely in the points that weigh most heavily later: injection or tablet, registered use, rate of accrual and the likelihood of gastrointestinal complaints. As a result, a good comparison is less about popularity or price and more about what fits medically and practically.

Mounjaro can cause symptoms that are unsettling in the first few weeks. Nausea, feeling full or changing stools directly interfere with eating, drinking and energy, so it can be difficult to assess what still suits the build-up. Therefore, the initial assessment is not just about what side effects may occur, but mainly about

The term ‘Ozempic face’ is increasingly popping up in news reports and on social media. It usually refers to a slimmer body with a face that suddenly looks more tired, hollow or older. These images quickly evoke unease, especially when the change is directly attributed to the medication itself. Behind that unease is often a

GLP-1 has quickly become an umbrella term for everything around waste medication. As a result, in news reports and on social media, all sorts of things get mixed up: a hormone, a drug class, a brand name and sometimes even products that have nothing to do with it medically. This confusion of tongues is not innocent. Once terms blur, wrong expectations about