Roxy Jacenko has revealed the terrifying health scare she had recently when she overdosed on Ozempic in an effort to lose weight.
The former Sweaty Betty owner, 43, said she was ‘desperate’ to lose the 15kg she gained while treating her breast cancer with the hormone therapy Tamoxifen.
She took one milligram of the diabetic treatment on her first hit, which was four times the amount prescribed to her by a doctor, reported The Saturday Telegraph.
‘I thought I was actually going to die. I have had cancer, radiation therapy, all of that. It doesn’t even compare to how bad I felt when I took this drug,’ she said.
‘For the first 12 hours I was OK. I vomited four times that morning, once in a hire car, and I went to work.’
Roxy Jacenko, 43, (pictured) revealed the catastrophic health scare she had recently when she overdosed on Ozempic in an effort to lose weight
Roxy revealed she then suffered from severe vomiting and non-stop ‘epilepsy type’ shaking which landed her in a drug overdose clinic for three days.
‘I called an ambulance. An ambulance was going to be an hour away but I thought I was going to die. I went to St Vincent’s,’ she said.
Roxy has since put out a warning to all who are tempted to use Hollywood’s latest quick-fix weight loss drug.
The former Sweaty Betty owner said she was ‘desperate’ to lose the 15kg she gained while treating her breast cancer with the hormone therapy Tamoxifen
She said using the drug was ‘pathetic’ and ‘silly’, and called for celebrities to stop lying about not using it to shed kilos.
Ozempic has been a hot topic in Hollywood with stars either admitting to using the diabetes drug for weight loss or staunchly denying it.
Semaglutide is sold under the brand names Ozempic and Rybelsus as an antidiabetic medication used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
She took one milligram of the diabetic treatment on her first hit, which was four times the amount prescribed to her by a doctor
It is also sold under the brand name Wegovy as an anti-obesity medication for long-term weight management.
The drugs act like a hormone in the brain which causes people to feel less hungry and slow the clearing of food from the stomach, which spurs weight loss.
Ozempic and Wegovy have surged in popularity since becoming the first drugs proven to aid weight loss.
Celebrities including Elon Musk, Remi Bader, Chelsea Handler and Amy Schumer revealed they used the drug to help trim fat.
‘I thought I was actually going to die. I have had cancer, radiation therapy, all of that. It doesn’t even compare to how bad I felt when I took this drug,’ she said