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Wanted to look elegant at daughter's wedding, tragically dies after weight loss injections
2023-11-07 18:03:13 / BOTA
A woman in Australia has died suddenly after receiving injections of slimming substances to lose weight before her daughter's wedding, as her shocked husband says they contributed to her death.
The victim Trish Webster passed away a few months before her daughter's wedding. The 56-year-old was recommended "Ozempic" and then "Saxenda" as she wanted to look elegant on her daughter's big day and lost 16 kg in five months. But her health took a turn for the worse when she started experiencing symptoms of vomiting, nausea and diarrhea.
Her husband Roy said Trish collapsed on the floor at home on January 16 with brown foam coming from her mouth.
He started CPR and turned her over, but tragically she died that night.
The death certificate read 'acute gastrointestinal illness', according to local program '60 Minutes Australia'. Although this does not establish a connection to the injections she received, Roy believes that the medications caused his wife's death.
Endocrinologist Dr Kathryn Williams said there is growing evidence that the active ingredient in medications like Ozempic causes digestive complications. "When we recommend them we warn people. We tell them 'you can vomit once or twice but if this continues you must notify and the medication must be stopped'".
Roy is already calling for an inquest into his wife's death, saying it could prevent other deaths from prescribed medication.
Dr Michael Camilleri, a gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, USA, told the Daily Mail that Ms Webster's death is a cautionary tale for anyone using weight-loss drugs.
"If patients start chronic gastrointestinal symptoms, they may later have respiratory complications, from the passage of substances into the respiratory tract. Ozempic or similar medications taken in this case should be stopped and doctors should be consulted."
Saxenda is allowed in Britain as a diet medication, while Ozempic is used for diabetes and not for weight loss, write the British media. The medicines regulator in Britain says that often the content of medicines does not match the ingredients on the label and this can endanger health.
Australian authorities are continuing to investigate the sudden death.
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