Ozempic is making hair grow

Question

This claim is false.

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This claim is false. You can read about it here- https://www.michelegreenmd.com/does-ozempic-cause-hair-loss#:~:text=While%20patients%20may%20experience%20hair,as%20a%20hair%20growth%20medication.

Answer 1

This claim is false. I looked up the claim and was directed to dermatology times. It talked a lot about the The American Hair Loss Association (AHLA) and how they warn against the misuse of Ozempic (semaglutide) and other glucagon-like peptide- 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for rapid weight loss. While these drugs are FDA approved for type 2 diabetes and obesity. While the misuse of these drugs can lead to significant hair loss and to permanent hair loss. Now I didn't want to just use one website, so I checked where they got this information which was from " Blackburn GL, Bistrian BR " with a quick check I found that they are part of the National Library of medicine and they published an article about it. It states in their words "GLP1-RAs exhibit higher reporting of suicide, hair loss, and aspiration" So after careful research ozempic does not promote hair growth instead it can lead to hair loss. 

Resources: https://www.dermatologytimes.com/view/misuse-of-ozempic-for-rapid-weight-loss-can-cause-significant-and-perhaps-permanent-hair-loss 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39264502/ 

Comments

This answer is very detailed and thorough. By highlighting resources such as dermatology times, which has an audience of mainly clinicians, and Pubmed, which is a scientific paper database, it support the credibility of the statements made. I would highlight that there is still more research and efforts needed to understand this drug's side effect as in only got approved by the FDA in 2017.

https://www.drugs.com/history/ozempic.html

https://www.linkedin.com/company/dermatology-times#:~:text=Dermatology%20Times%20is%20a%20leading,print%20and%20online%20multimedia%20formats.
 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/about/#:~:text=PubMed%20is%20a%20free%20resource,or%20PubMed%20Central%20(PMC).