There's been a lot in the news cycle this past year or so about Ozempic - the weight loss drug that has taken the world by storm.
It's not available in New Zealand and similar drugs cost hundreds of dollars per month.
But what is it? How does it work? What is going on in our bodies when we use it? And is it really the miracle drug some think it is?
Dr Sebastian Furness is a fellow at the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Queensland and joins Emile Donovan.
Ozempic medication boxes, an injectable antidiabetic drug, in a pharmacy in Riedisheim, eastern France on 23 October, 2023. Photo: AFP / Sebastien Bozon
