How Ozempic could cure common leg problem one in ten women suffer...
as some say NHS should pay for 'remarkable' drug By Luke Chafer Published: 21:39 EDT, 26 October 2024 | Updated: 21:43 EDT, 26 October 2024 e-mail View comments Women blighted by an abnormal build-up of fat in their legs are reporting that their disabling symptoms are eased by weight-loss jabs such as Ozempic. The condition, lipoedema, leads to a woman's limbs becoming disproportionately large, even when the rest of the body is slim. It affects up to one in ten women and causes issues with self-confidence and mobility – and until now there has been no drug treatment.
However, lipoedema patients say the injections, which are primarily given to diabetics and obese people to help them lose weight , can cause a dramatic improvement. Last week, Mail on Sunday GP Dr Ellie Cannon wrote in her column that she was disappointed there were not more treatments available to lipoedema patients. Social media influencer Rebecca Hickson, 35, who often posts about living with lipoedema, has experienced positive affects after starting Mounjaro last month Lipoedema leads to a woman's limbs becoming disproportionately large, even when the rest of the body is slim (file image) In response we were flooded with emails from women with the condition who have experienced remarkable improvements after taking the new weight-loss medicines, which also include Wegovy and Mounjaro.
While there are no clinical studies that prove that thes.