{"id":265359,"date":"2026-02-03T10:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/265359\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:29:13","slug":"heres-what-happens-when-you-stop-taking-ozempic-and-wegovy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/265359\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what happens when you stop taking Ozempic and Wegovy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A recent email ad from a telehealth company selling weight-loss medications features tennis-superstar Serena Williams.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIf you\u2019re carrying 15-20 extra pounds,\u201d it says, \u201cmedications like Wegovy can help jumpstart your progress.\u201d For obesity doctors and researchers, this kind of messaging is problematic. The blockbuster drugs\u2014known as GLP-1s\u2014are increasingly marketed as lifestyle fixes to help take off some weight. But they are actually designed as lifelong treatments for chronic diseases, namely obesity and Type 2 diabetes.\u00a0 That distinction matters. While\u00a0nearly 18% of U.S. adults\u00a0have taken a GLP-1 drug for weight loss or to treat a chronic condition, about half of people\u2026<\/p>\n<p>    &#13;<br \/>\n        <a class=\"restricted-content__logo\" href=\"https:\/\/thecurrency.news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thecurrency.news\/wp-content\/themes\/currency-theme\/assets\/img\/Monogram-dark.svg\" alt=\"Logo\" width=\"290\" height=\"246\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n        <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Join today and get full access to The Currency and The Wall Street Journal \u2013 TWO premium memberships for the price of one.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cta-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/thecurrency.news\/pricing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Cancel at any time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hide_mobile\">Are you already a member? .<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;\n    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; A recent email ad from a telehealth company selling weight-loss medications features tennis-superstar Serena Williams.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIf&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[134,524,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-265359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}