Chasing weight loss dream, many in U.S. seek Ozempic alternatives

WASHINGTON — Like many Americans struggling to lose weight, Marissa Montanino felt compelled to try Ozempic or one of the other new so-called "wonder drugs" described as revolutionary in the fight against obesity.

"I would work out sometimes three times a day, I was doing hours worth of classes. I was eating really, really clean… and nothing was changing" the 36-year-old esthetician told AFP in a recent interview. "I heard about Ozempic for a while and then you start to see other people doing it like celebrities and then dropping weight super fast," she said.