Is Ozempic stopping birth control from working?

Question

Are weight loss drugs affecting the usefulness of birth control? Are they making women for fertile?

Answer 1

Ozempic is a drug that is used to lose weight. This is done by slowing down the digestion system which can also cause other medications taken orally, such as birth control, to be less effective as they absorb slower into your body. Losing weight can also improve the regularity of one's menstrual cycle increasing fertility, which doesn't directly tie to Ozempic making birth control less effective. It is simply a side effect of losing weight. There isn't enough research to directly tie Ozempic to birth control effectiveness decreasing, more likely Ozempic's side effects tend to increase fertility. Other forms of birth control are not affected by Ozempic because they are not taken orally, so Ozempic's effect on birth control is solely from oral consumption. All in all, Ozempic slows down digestion which can affect how birth control pills are absorbed into the body, but Ozempic does not affect any other sort of birth control. Ozempic can make women more fertile, but because of its side effects such as weight loss, not from the drug itself. 

https://www.thecut.com/article/ozempic-mounjaro-birth-control.html

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/4559797-ozempic-babies-some-users-getting-pregnant-despite-birth-control/

Comments

I highly appreciate the depth of your answer. Even though not enough research has been done to show solidified proof, you still gave reasoning as to why this effect could be occurring. The explanation was concise and clear, ultimately convincing me in the end.

Answer 2

Ozempic and other weight loss drugs do not prevent any birth control from working, including the pill. Planned parenthood says the only weight loss drug that has seemed to slow the effects of birth control is tirzepatide. Also the only birth control this effects is the pill because it enters your stomach. So the claim that ozempic makes women fertile is false.

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/blog/does-ozempic-affect-birth-control#:~:text=Brands%20like%20Ozempic%20and%20Wegovy,Mounjaro%20is%20the%20brand%20name).

Comments

There are several articles about Ozempic babies since the drug makes absorption slower, meaning birth control might not be absorbed properly, resulting in a pregnancy. Did you research this when conducting your fact-check? Do you think they are credible articles?