Dr. Terry Dubrow is on a break from using Ozempic — for now.
After telling exclusively in January that he decided to stop using the Type 2 diabetes drug to lose weight, the celebrity plastic surgeon confirmed Thursday that he plans to start taking the medication again in the future.
“I’m off it, but I plan on going back on it when it’s appropriate,” he told E! News at the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles.
“Like, we have a vacation, and after that, I’ll come back. It’s like the new Botox, Ozempic. I love it. It’s so good,” he raved.
Dubrow’s admission of his plans came after he described himself as “overweight and chubby” thanks to being off the trendy drug.
The 65-year-old star told he stopped taking Ozempic — which is meant to help lower blood sugar in people with Type 2 diabetes — because he didn’t enjoy his suppressed appetite.
“I thought, ‘You know what? I kind of want to get my appetite back. The holidays are coming; I want to enjoy myself,’” he recalled.
The “Botched” star added, “You go on vacation, maybe you don’t exercise, you eat too much. It was kind of like, ‘Well, I want to go on a food vacation,’ meaning I want to be able to eat again.”
Despite halting his use of the drug, he had nothing but praises to sing for Ozempic, calling it a “miracle” and “the biggest breakthrough in medical history.”
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His wife, “The Real Housewives of Orange County” star Heather Dubrow, however, doesn’t think Ozempic is all the rage and called her husband’s plans to take it again “silly.”
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