Obesity, Stigma, Mounjaro and Me

Weight loss injections were supposed to be for “other people” — the Hollywood elite, the super-rich, the anonymous “before and after” photos in newspaper health pieces. But what happens when your own GP prescribes one… and suddenly the miracle drug is in your fridge? On today’s podcast, Shane opens up about starting a new injectable weight-loss treatment earlier this year, the dramatic impact it’s had on his body, and the monthly bill that comes with it. He talks frankly about what it’s like to be living on a medication that can transform your weight and your health — while still feeling nervous about telling people you’re on it. Shane is joined by Dr Mick Crotty from the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, and community pharmacist and WonderCare podcast host Sheena Mitchell. They explain how drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy work, why Ireland has become a manufacturing hub for their active ingredients, and what that means for everything from our hospitals to our corporation tax take. They also tackle the big questions: who can get these medicines through the HSE, who’s forced to pay hundreds of euro a month, and why an estimated three in four users never admit they’re on them at all. From side-eye at the pharmacy counter to fears about “cheating” at weight loss, Newstalk Daily asks whether it’s time to rethink our ideas about obesity, willpower and what it means to take control of your own body. 📩 Email: Share your own experience of weight loss medication — anonymously or otherwise — at [email protected] 🎧 Listen to Sheena Mitchell’s WonderCare podcast: https://www.wondercare.ie/episodes/