The Drug That Made Me Want Less

Ozempic promised to make me skinny and delivered a quieter appetite for everything.

This article appears in our Out of Body issue, on stands now. Order your copy here. I waddled into the doctor’s office in the stripmall in Florida with 20 pounds of ankle weights strapped to each leg hidden under my floral sweatpants so that when the nurse asked me to step onto the scale, I could resoundingly—uncomplicatedly—qualify for an online subscription for Ozempic. I’m 5’4’ when my reputation is bad. 5’5’ when I have something to brag about. The BMI I had to hit for this online prescriber for my height is 160 lbs plus. I weighed, at the time, around 130. I’m 115 now and my life is…

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