The real dangers of the popular 'budget Ozempic'

Ozempic is all the craze for weight loss right now, promising to help people shed pounds using nothing more than a weekly injection.

But its prohibitively high price tag — nearly $900 per dose without insurance — has many turning to 'budget' alternatives like laxatives, which can help people by speeding up the digestive tract and expelling food from the body faster.

But Dr Swrajit Sarkar, a nutritionist at City, University of , said laxatives - they only get rid of water weight.

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