Ozempic: Several taken to hospital in Austria after taking fake drug

Several Austrians have been treated in hospital after using what was believed to be fake weight-loss drug, Ozempic.

Austria’s Federal Office for Safety in Health Care, the BASG, said they had reported “serious side effects” including low blood sugar and seizures.

This indicated that the drugs “falsely contained insulin” instead of Ozempic’s active ingredient, semaglutide, the BASG said.

The drug has become popular as a weight-loss treatment.

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