Gracie McGraw.Photo:GRACIE MCGRAW/Instagram
GRACIE MCGRAW/Instagram
Gracie McGrawrevealed that she’s been taking type 2 diabetes drug Mounjaro for her symptoms ofPCOS, or polycystic ovary syndrome — a hormone imbalance that affects 1 in 10 women of childbearing age.
Mounjaro is similar toOzempicandWegovy— brand names for semaglutide — which work in the brain to impact satiety, and have been trending in Hollywood circles for weight loss.
“It’s a gorgeous day for narcissism!” she captioned the photo.
“And Ozempic!” one person commented before Gracie quickly replied, “I did use Ozempic last year, yes. I am now on a low dose of Mounjaro for my PCOS as well as working out. No need to accuse when I have been open about it.”
Gracie first revealed in March 2022 that she wasdiagnosed with PCOS, detailing how she’s struggled with her weight for years.
“I just wanted to share really quick that I have recently been diagnosed with PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). To get the correct diagnosis you would need 2 out of the 5 characteristics of PCOS and I had 4,” she wrote at the time. “During my appointment with my endocrinologist I realized that may have been a factor in my issues with weight, so we decided to try a medicine to regulate my body more normally and create the tools to continue to keep my body and myself healthy as I get older.”
Gracie later followed up and shared that she was prescribed Qsymia — combination drug of phentermine and topiramate used to treat obesity — and Ozempic, noting that she doesn’t have type 2 diabetes.
“The medicine I’m taking has given me a body I haven’t had in years (maybe ever?) in a good way though,” she said alongside a selfie smiling in a bikini. “It’s weird to see how your body can change so rapidly but I’m finding new ways to love her and new things to love about her everyday.”
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“It’s not necessarily that we’re using the meds to treat PCOS, but the meds can be helpful for one of the symptoms of PCOS, which is the actual weight gain and hormonal drive to eat carbohydrate because of the insulin resistance,” she explained. “What we’ve learned in the past 20 years is that PCOS is actually an insulin-carbohydrate-metabolism problem called insulin resistance, meaning the body makes more insulin in response to carbohydrates.”
Kumar continued, “And what people often forget about insulin is that it’s a fat storage-promoting hormone, so the more insulin your body is making, the better you are at storing fat.”
source: people.com
