there's been plenty of reaction to Oprah Winfrey revealing that she's taking a weight loss drug but which one and though she says she's on that drug for maintenance was it also behind that stunning transformation a slim down Oprah unveils her painting at the National Portrait Gallery in DC as the big mystery continues what weight loss drug is she taking the nearly 7ot High portrait shows Oprah in a stunning purple gown the honor comes amid Oprah's big Revelation that she's now on a weight L drug that she would not identify she said she went on the
medication after hosting a show about weight loss I know you all have been seeing the headlines and it's blowing up your social media feeds the new weight loss drugs everybody's talking about OIC W GOI Manjaro afterwards she says she realized I'd been blaming myself all these years for being overweight and I have a predisposition that no amount of willpower is going to control Oprah's Revelation comes as Poison Control announces is a startling 1500% spike in calls related to injected weight loss drugs CNN's Dr sanj gupa spoke about OIC which is designed to treat diabetes that
some use for weight loss the OIC pen so this this is it you open it up put a needle on there and then you dial in the dose that you're actually going to give yourself you do that so people starting to work with this may say Hey look it's working let me give myself more and more of this for those who might be inspired by Oprah's dramatic weight loss and also want to go on medication Dr Alexander SOA warns you should be under a doctor's care I think people need to know that this is a
medication for a medical condition excess weight in obesity is a disease and we can't just use this to lose a few pounds and it can be dangerous if we're just looking to go on this for a week or two a month or two and we're not working with a doctor who knows what they're doing as for Oprah the doctor applauds your success I think it's thrilling that Oprah who is the most famous struggle with her weight is now saying that weight loss medications are one of the very effective tools that she's now using about 2%
of Americans are on weight loss medication nearly half 45% have expressed interest in [Music] it