Bethenny Frankel Slams Ozempic Use, Warns of Potential Side Effects: ‘It’s Going to Be a F—king S—tshow’

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The Skinnygirl founder has spoken. Bethenny Frankel expressed concerns about people using the type 2 diabetes medication Ozempic solely for weight loss.“This is going to be scary because very thin people who have body dysmorphia and eating disorders are going to be taking this,” the Real Housewives of New York City alum, 52, said in a Tuesday, April 4, Instagram video.Frankel said that she’d heard the weight-loss medication is running “rampant” in communities including Boca Raton, Florida, and Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

She then warned her followers about the potential side effects of using Ozempic to shed pounds.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“Now I’m hearing stories about it being a mood alterer. … I’m hearing stories about it affecting people’s personalities,” she alleged, noting that she’d heard of people using the medication becoming “mercurial” and “nasty.” Us Weekly has reached out to the Ozempic manufacturer for comment.Although the Bravolebrity claimed to have already seen the negative effects of the Ozempic craze, she warned that the full scale of the harm done may take a while to uncover. “Mark my words, we’re not going to hear about this s—tshow for months and years to come,” she said. “It’s going to be a f—king s—tshow.”Frankel then compared the drug to another weight loss trend that she said was popular when she was in her 20s, the Chinese herb Ma Huang.“Ma Huang ended up killing people,” she claimed. “This Ozempic thing is going to go f—king sideways and all the other copycat names, too.” In the video’s caption, the New York native slammed “thin rich country club cul de sac Americans buying this online and at Mexican pharmacies,” noting that diabetics not being able to access or