PR queen Roxy Jacenko spent three days in drug unit after overdosing on weight-loss drug Ozempic

Aussie PR queen Roxy Jacenko has opened up about the time she overdosed on a weight-loss medicine and ended up in a hospital drug unit for three days.

The 45-year-old mother-of-two told The Daily Telegraph that she nearly died after injecting four times the prescribed amount of Ozempic.

“I would never in my life… do Ozempic again,” she said.

“I have never ever ever felt so violently ill. I swear to you, I remember laying in my bed… Oli (Jacenko’s husband) kept feeding me jelly beans.

“I thought I was going to die. I thought: ‘this is it’. I couldn’t even wait for an ambulance.

“I did it when it was very new. But I did take four times the amount I was meant to.

“I can assure you the drug overdose unit for three days is not a pretty place to be.”

Ozempic is an injection consisting of an active ingredient called Semaglutide. It was originally created to help people with type two diabetes manage their blood sugar levels.

However, doctors started prescribing it to help those struggling with their weight.

The increase in its use resulted in a nationwide shortage, meaning people with diabetes were unable to access a medicine they needed to survive.

To fix the Ozempic shortage, a new product called Wegovy was added to the market.

Wegovey uses the exact same active ingredient as Ozempic, however, it is approved by the TGA to be prescribed for chronic weight management.

Since her unpleasant experience with Ozempic, Jacenko has lost 18 kilograms being on a strict diet and fasting after 6.30pm.

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