Erick Jose Espaillat Sanchez   19-02-2026

Ozempic is a very widely known pill. Sometimes known as a pill to help diabetes, some know it to lose fat quickly. But everyone talks about the good sides of ozempic. What about the bad sides? But first, let’s get to know Ozempic down to the bone.

Ozempic is a common pill that people that want to loose weight take. In the USA, roughly ⅛ adults have used Ozempic in the past to lose weight. That means 12% of the US population, which is 41 million people. Never mind the people in other continents, like Europe, Africa and Asia that use Ozempic as well, which we sadly don’t have the numbers on. But even then, Ozempic is still the number 1 sold product by Novo Nordisk. Over 70,000 pharmacies in the USA have Ozempic in them, and 42% of all online pharmacies have Ozempic as well.

Ozempic is manufactured by a Danish company called Novo Nordisk. They also produce Tresiba, Fiasp and Levemir. Tresiba is another thing that works for people with diabetes, its insulin for kids and adults that have or type 1 or 2 diabetes. Type 3 diabetes, just so you know, is known as Alzheimer’s. Fiasp is another diabetic pharmaceutical to help control blood sugar in adults and kids, it’s faster than regular insulin, and should be used in the mealtime, after or before eating a meal. Levemir is very similar to Tresiba, yet Tresiba acts for longer (for 42 hours), yet Levemir is a smaller dose that should be injected once or twice a day. But they are all common throughout Europe, yet, Levemir is going to be discontinued because of lack of demand, more constraints, and decreased insurance coverage. 

So, Novo Nordisk is a big diabetes company stationed in Denmark that is a big player in the European pharmaceuticals market. But what does Fiasp, Tresiba, and Levemir have to do with Ozempic apart from them being made from the same factories? Well, there are two answers, one is short, one is the topic of the article. The short answer is that they are all intended originally for diabetes. The long answer is that all of them have been studied and some of these studies show that they have hormonal changes, significant hormonal changes, also changes to the person’s metabolism. And that is the part that makes taking unregulated Ozempic dangerous. There are a lot of proven side effects of taking Ozempic, ill lose some off really quickly so you can get the quick jist of it.

• Mood Swings caused by hormonal changes
• Tiredness
• Náusea
• Chemical changes that your body doesn’t need

I’ll go over all of these 1 by 1. Lets start with the 1st one I listed off, which is;

Mood Swings

Mood swings are majorly caused by the hormonal changes that Ozempic has on your body.

Since it’s originally supposed to be for diabetics who are lacking insulin and as a supplement for those people. The active ingredient that causes hormonal changes in Ozempic is GLP-1. Which reduces glucagon, a hormone in the pancreas. Glucagon is like the counteractor for Insulin which stabilizes your blood sugar. Insulin works to put your blood sugar down, so its like counter-acting forces, but when Ozempic enters your body, it tells it to generate more insulin, yet the thing that counteracts insulin is suppressed. 

Because glucagon is removed or used by estrogen, when you don’t generate as much, your estrogen levels drop.  Due to your estrogen levels dropping, in men you can suffer from decreased bone health, sexual dysfunction (libido dropping), cognitive changes (like mood swings), and physical discomfort (dry skin, hot flashes, night sweats, etc.).

Tiredness

 Because calories are the energy source for your body, as you eat less, you have less energy. Which is something that can cause tiredness. Ozempic is supposed to make you eat less, but not less than what you need to have your daily calorical intake. People forget that just living normally burns 1,500 calories or more depending on your RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate). So if you consume less than 1,500 calories you might be feeling tired because of it. On top of the work you might be doing (playing sports, walking, working, etc) you may feel increasingly more tired. It might work in the short run, but in the long run, doing your weightloss journey unassisted without the help of a pill will help you much more than if you weren’t doing it. Because you become used to not having anyone helping you, which means that to de-transition from using Ozempic is harder than just not using it at all. Its like having ChatGPT do all your work, if you did your work normally like everyone else, or how you’re supposed to, you’d be fine switching off of ChatGPT, but if you used ChatGPT to do every single one of your academic homework, then its harder to switch off of ChatGPT. 

Náusea

So basically the way this works is that Ozempic slows down gastric emptying, which means that food stays in your stomach for longer. Since food stays in your stomach for longer, it may cause you to feel nauseous because since food sits in your stomach for longer, it makes the brain feel like vomiting is coming. It makes you feel fuller for longer, and being too full for too long makes you nauseous. 

Chemical changes your body doesn’t need

Look, to draw the line flat, if you aren’t diabetic, you shouldn’t be using Ozempic. Like, its just as straight as that. That’s like me eating raw organs because I saw a dog using it. I’m not comparing anything that has to do with people or sentient beings, I’m just using the situation as an example. If diabetic people lose weight while using Ozempic, that doesn’t mean that you should use Ozempic either way. There are better options for wider ranges of people. It’s like using an epipen when you have no allergies. You don’t need it. If you are diabetic, go for it, but you should be prescribed by a doctor, and have the test done beforehand. Now, this doesn’t apply to creatine, since creatine is proven to not have any huge side effects like how Ozempic has. And creatine is a whole nother supplement in a whole other league of its own.