Male Ozempic users reporting awful sexual side effect: ‘Say goodbye to sex’
Ozempic has been linked to a host of unfortunate side effects from personality changes to weight gain after getting off the medication. Now, male users of the ever-popular weight loss remedy are claiming to suffer from what could be the most mortifying symptom yet — erectile dysfunction, as revealed in multiple posts blowing up on Reddit.
“I am a 39-year-old male and until I started Ozempic I did not have erectile dysfunction issues,” claimed one alleged sufferer. “I have been on Ozempic for three months. TT level dropped very fast and I am on treatment to fix it now.”
“I started taking Ozempic for Type-2 Diabetes around six months ago increasing my dosage every four weeks until I hit 1mg,” lamented another. “In that time I have gone from completely normal sexual function to finding it nearly impossible to achieve or maintain an erection. My doctor has prescribed me both Cialis and Viagra, each with little to no help.”
“I will go back on Ozempic as I understand the importance of maintaining healthy [blood sugar] levels and I guess say goodbye to sex again,” the anonymous poster added.
While his doctor claimed that the jab shouldn’t induce ED, he found that stopping the treatment for two weeks allowed him to regain his normal sexual function, per the post.
The evidence isn’t purely anecdotal either. While scholarship on the link between Ozempic and impotence is scarce, a study from February found that one in 75 men reported experiencing the symptom.
Meanwhile, safety pamphlets included with the drugs warn of possible sexual dysfunction, although the mechanism behind this remains unclear.
Some health experts claim that this side effect has to do with the fact that Ozempic is a semiglutide. This naturally occurring hormone tells the brain it’s full, thereby curbing the appetite and inducing rapid weight loss.
While effective for fighting obesity, these glucose-based medications could potentially contribute to impotence due to their effects on vascular smooth muscle and blood flow, per a 2021 study.
More baffling were the handful of studies showing plummeting levels of testosterone — a major factor in libido — as weight loss typically regulates T levels.
In fact, studies have shown that weight loss can “reduce the prevalence of low, testosterone levels in overweight, middle-aged men” by nearly 50 percent.
Dr. Shauna Levy, an obesity specialist at Tulane University in Louisiana, told DailyMail.com that she found this symptom particularly vexing as fat loss is also linked to lower estrogen levels in men.
“I’m not denying it’s happening, but the pathway isn’t immediately revealing itself,” said the doctor,
Meanwhile, representatives Novo, the maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, insist that their medical consultant was unfamiliar the ED connection.
“That’s always a sign to me that it’s not the most common thing when the medical liaison has never heard of it,” they said. “It doesn’t mean it’s not a thing, it’s just not on their radar.”
Unfortunately, ED is not the only shrinkage-related side effect linked to Ozempic, of which 9 million prescriptions were written in the last three months of 2022.
Surgeons are warning of a new condition called “Ozempic Face,” which side effects include sunken eyes, gaunt cheeks and saggy skin, often making the user appear older and more deflated.
This so-called facial emaciation is allegedly most prevalent in Hollywood doctors claiming that celebs are among those hit hardest by the alleged condition.
