An Australian mother has died after taking injectable drugs such as Ozempic to lose weight for her daughter’s wedding. Although the medication was prescribed by her doctor, she died of a gastrointestinal illness a few months later.
Trish Webster’s greatest wish was to be able to wear a very specific but small dress for her daughter’s wedding, as her husband Roy tells the media 60 Minutes Australia.
“My daughter wanted to get married and all Trish wanted was to wear that famous dress. She went to the seamstress to take measurements. “It was a real nightmare,” he added, according to The Independent.
A few days later, the 56-year-old saw a commercial for the injectable drug Ozempic on television. His doctor finally prescribed it in 2022, although the drug is only approved for patients with type 2 diabetes and not for weight loss patients in Australia, according to the Department of Health and Aged Care.
“I couldn’t save her”
However, according to the family, they experienced several side effects such as diarrhea, vomiting and nausea while taking the injectable medication.
Trish eventually decided to switch her injectable medications from Ozempic to Saxenda in order to lose as much weight as possible.
Thanks to the injections, she lost more than 35 pounds in five months, but her condition completely deteriorated.
She died in January this year. “Something came out of her mouth and she finally realized she wasn’t breathing anymore,” says her husband, Roy. “I couldn’t save her, that’s the hardest thing,” he concludes.