Amy Schumer reveals she was bedridden after using Ozempic: Red flags

Amy Schumer’s experience on Ozempic was no laughing matter.The actress and comedian, 43, appeared on “The Howard Stern Show” on Wednesday and recalled how sick she got from taking the medication that makes you lose weight.“I have this gene, GDF 15, which makes you extremely prone to nausea, which is why I was so sick during my pregnancy,” said Schumer, who gave birth to her son Gene in May 2019.“So I tried Ozempic almost 3 years ago, and I was like bedridden,” she shared.

“I was vomiting.And then you have no energy.”Schumer added, “But other people take it and they’re all good.

God bless them.”The “Trainwreck” star, 43, told Stern, 71, that she sees Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs as “red flags” because of the effects that are promised.“You’re like, ‘Wait a minute.Can we slow down?’ The side effects are you have a better personality.”“I tried it and I was vomiting and I’m in bed and my son’s like, ‘Can you play tag?’ I’m like, ‘I can’t.’ I was shriveling,” Schumer said.The mom of one noted that while she “lost 30 pounds so quick” and “looked great” from taking Ozempic, it still wasn’t worth it for her.“I couldn’t lift my head off the pillow, so what’s the point?” she said.Schumer has been open about her weight loss journey over the years.

In 2022, she admitted to getting liposuction after turning 40 and having a C-section when she welcomed her son.“I healed well, and I was like, can I get lipo? And I got lipo and I’m feeling really good,” Schumer said on Chelsea Handler’s podcast.A few months later, Schumer came clean about her Ozempic use on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.”“I was one of those people that felt so sick and couldn’t play with my son,” she explained on the late-night show in June 2023.“I was so skinny, and he’s throwing a ball at me, and [I couldn’t].”Schumer also called out other celebrities who hide the fact that they’re taking weig...