{"id":290470,"date":"2023-04-16T07:37:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T07:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/weight-loss-jabs-used-by-kim-kardashian-and-elon-musk-are-being-abused-by-slim-people\/"},"modified":"2023-04-16T07:37:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T07:37:25","slug":"weight-loss-jabs-used-by-kim-kardashian-and-elon-musk-are-being-abused-by-slim-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/weight-loss-jabs-used-by-kim-kardashian-and-elon-musk-are-being-abused-by-slim-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Weight-loss jabs \u2018used by Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk\u2019 are being abused by slim people"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Weight-loss shots \u2018used by Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk\u2019 are abused by slim people \u2013 including those with eating disorders<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>It uses dealers on sites like eBay and Instagram, experts say<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Experts say semaglutide is obtained from sources without safety controls<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By Sabrina Miller and Stephen Adams for The Mail on Sunday <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span>     01:40 BST, 16 Apr 2023 <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/de\/health\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]&gt;&gt;--> &lt;!&#8211;<!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if !IE]&gt;&gt;-->&lt;!&#8211;<!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if !IE]&gt;&gt;-->&lt;!&#8211;<!--[if gte IE 8]&gt;&gt;-->&lt;!&#8211;<!--[if IE 8]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if IE 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if !IE]&gt; -->&lt;!&#8211;<!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. More info available at\n    http:\/\/www.omniture.com --><!-- End SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. --><!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if !IE]&gt; -->&lt;!&#8211;<!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if !IE]&gt; -->  &lt;!&#8211;    <!-- CWV --><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Popular weight-loss pills reportedly used by Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk are being abused by slim people, including those with eating disorders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">People with anorexia and bulimia are turning to unscrupulous dealers on sites like eBay and Instagram to buy Wegovy and Ozempic, experts have told The Mail on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">These are slightly different versions of the new drug semaglutide, a powerful appetite suppressant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Semaglutide was approved for NHS use in March, but only for people struggling with obesity (Wegovy) or those with type 2 diabetes (Ozempic).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But experts say slim people, including those with severe eating disorders, get it from \u201ccowboys\u201d without going through safety checks.<\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4dafaea268d26bfa\" src=\"https:\/\/nybreaking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Weight-loss-jabs-used-by-Kim-Kardashian-and-Elon-Musk-are.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\" alt=\"In the photo: Elon Musk (photo file).  Semaglutide was approved for use by the NHS in March, but only for people struggling with obesity (Wegovy) or those with type 2 diabetes (Ozempic).\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" title=\"Weight-loss jabs 'used by Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk' are being abused by slim people 1\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">In the photo: Elon Musk (photo file).  Semaglutide was approved for use by the NHS in March, but only for people struggling with obesity (Wegovy) or those with type 2 diabetes (Ozempic).<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-5d7d740790d230\" src=\"https:\/\/nybreaking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1681605848_613_Weight-loss-jabs-used-by-Kim-Kardashian-and-Elon-Musk-are.jpg\" height=\"945\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pictured: Kim Kardashian (File Photo).  Experts Say Slim People, Including Those With Severe Eating Disorders, Get Semaglutide From \" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" title=\"Weight-loss jabs 'used by Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk' are being abused by slim people 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-5d7d740790d230\" src=\"https:\/\/nybreaking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1681605848_613_Weight-loss-jabs-used-by-Kim-Kardashian-and-Elon-Musk-are.jpg\" height=\"945\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pictured: Kim Kardashian (File Photo).  Experts Say Slim People, Including Those With Severe Eating Disorders, Get Semaglutide From \" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" title=\"Weight-loss jabs 'used by Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk' are being abused by slim people 3\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Pictured: Kim Kardashian (File Photo).  Experts say slim people, including those with severe eating disorders, obtain semaglutide from \u2018cowboys\u2019 without going through safety checks<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ruth Micallef, an eating disorder counselor in Edinburgh, said: \u2018I get a lot of private messages [on social media] with people telling me they can get their hands on Wegovy even if they have an eating disorder and a low or healthy BMI.\u201d  Romil Patel, owner of online pharmacy Farmeci.com, said fast-buck operators, including gym instructors, were selling it illegally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cIt\u2019s like the Wild West,\u201d he said, adding that patients rejected by his pharmacy just buy it elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/de\/health\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weight-loss shots \u2018used by Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk\u2019 are abused by slim people \u2013 including those with eating disorders It uses dealers on sites like eBay and Instagram, experts say Experts say semaglutide is obtained from sources without safety controls By Sabrina Miller and Stephen Adams for The Mail on Sunday Updated: 01:40 BST, <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/weight-loss-jabs-used-by-kim-kardashian-and-elon-musk-are-being-abused-by-slim-people\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}