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Gilbert Quoted in News Net Daily Story on Ozempic Rx

January 29, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(JANUARY 29, 2024) Endocrinologist Matthew Gilbert, D.O., M.P.H., professor of medicine, was quoted in a News Net Daily story on the prevalence of prescriptions for Ozempic across the United States.

Endocrinologist Matthew Gilbert, D.O., M.P.H., professor of medicine

(JANUARY 29, 2024) Endocrinologist Matthew Gilbert, D.O., M.P.H., professor of medicine, was quoted in a News Net Daily story on the prevalence of prescriptions for Ozempic across the United States.

Gilbert sounded the alarm in July 2023 about the off-label use of drugs like Ozempic for weight loss.

“It’s not a drug that I would recommend to people in their 20s who are looking to lose a few pounds before a wedding,” he told CBS affiliate WCAX in Burlington, Vermont. “It’s not socially responsible, it’s not economically responsible.”

Read full story at NewsNetDaily.com

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