Roxy Jacenko has revealed the health scare she endured when she overdosed on Ozempic was worse than her cancer battle.
The former Sweaty Betty owner, 44, used the drug in an effort to lose weight, but she had purchased it on the black market, having two pens worth delivered from Nowra, NSW to Sydney in an Uber that cost her $2500.
But she took one milligram of the diabetic treatment on her first hit, which was four times the amount prescribed to her by a doctor.
‘The aftermath of it was I think I’m going to die’ she revealed to 7NEWS Spotlight on Sunday.
‘In the morning, I was driving to work. I was sweating. I was so hot and then I just kept vomiting nonstop.
Roxy Jacenko (pictured) has revealed the health scare she endured when she overdosed on Ozempic was worse than her cancer battle
‘That night, I ended up in hospital. They had never seen this before. This was the first they had seen of an Ozempic overdose’ Roxy explained.
‘Like the shaking, my whole body was shaking, I couldn’t control my legs. It’s like I had no control of my body.’
Roxy says she spent three days recovering from epilepsy style seizures.
She added: ‘Literally, I truly thought this is it. I’ve been sick in my time. Cancer was a walk in the park compared to how bad I felt for those three days.’
Roxy had obtained the drug illegally in a desperate bid to lose 15 kilos, paying $700 for two doses.
‘The aftermath of it was I think I’m going to die’ she revealed to 7NEWS Spotlight on Sunday
‘I was actually like a junkie. I look at it now and I was like a junkie’ she said.
Roxy was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016 and endured a six-week radiation program in August of that year, before she underwent partial removal surgery.
She said she was ‘desperate’ to lose the 15kg she gained while treating her breast cancer with the hormone therapy Tamoxifen.
‘I thought I was actually going to die. I have had cancer, radiation therapy, all of that. It doesn’t even compare to how bad I felt when I took this drug,’ Roxy told The Saturday Telegraph.
Ozempic has been a hot topic in Hollywood with stars either admitting to using the diabetes drug for weight loss or staunchly denying it.
The former Sweaty Betty owner, 44, used the drug in an effort to lose weight, but she had purchased it on the black market, having two pens worth delivered from Nowra, NSW to Sydney in an Uber that cost her $2500
Roxy obtained the drug illegally in a desperate bid to lose 15 kilos, paying $700 for two doses
Semaglutide is sold under the brand names Ozempic and Rybelsus as an antidiabetic medication used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
It is also sold under the brand name Wegovy as an anti-obesity medication for long-term weight management.
The drugs act like a hormone in the brain which causes people to feel less hungry and slow the clearing of food from the stomach, which spurs weight loss.
Ozempic and Wegovy have surged in popularity since becoming the first drugs proven to aid weight loss.
Celebrities including Elon Musk, Remi Bader, Chelsea Handler and Amy Schumer revealed they used the drug to help trim fat.
‘I was actually like a junkie. I look at it now and I was like a junkie’ she said
