Has anyone used Ozempic for heart disease?

Hello there @llynch,
That is a really interesting question. I found this posted by @galevin, a Mayo Member like us.
See if you find his post of interest to you. If you do a search online, there seems to be quite a bit of interest in the effects Ozempic (semaglutide) has on obesity and heart disease or heart failure.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/i-found-this-information-about-semaglutide/
Thank you @galevin for sharing with Connect 🙂

Thank you. It looks like it won’t be approved and, therefore, covered by insurance for someone like me until 2024 or beyond. I don’t have diabetes and my bmi is 25.8. I would be mostly wanting it for cardiovascular help. I can’t take statins or red yeast rice.

HomeAgainLa, When you took the statin did they recommend taking Co-Q-10? It helps with pain and also energy. The feedback is the statin reduces your co-q-10 in your body.

My wife had same affects with statin but the co-q-10 did help her. They finally reduced her dosage and with the co-q-10 is back taking it.

I though Ozempic was diabetic medicine and some have been using for weight loss? Have not heard about use instead of statin but good information.

Thanks!! I will look into coq10. Sounds very promising.

I was offered Ozempic and chose not to take it. I did some research and found out it has only been under study for 2 years and they aren't sure about some of the results yet. Personally, I don't want to use a drug that's still being studied which doesn't have confirming positive results. I prefer to wait until it has been studied for at least 5 years. When I had my heart attack my doctors put me on Jardience. By using this and eating a heart healthy diet I have lost 40 lb in 4 months.

That's what my doctor said-"there's been a lot of interest." But there hasn't been much confirming studies yet. As far as I understand, they have only been studying this drug for 2 years.

Thank you for your response. I agree about not wanting to take newer drugs. I had read that Ozempic will lower cholesterol and improve heart health. I can’t take statins and am looking for an alternative to statins. I’m not diabetic. That is why I was considering Ozempic.

Hmm, I was under the impression Ozempic helps with diabetes also. Interesting.

Ozempic was only for diabetes. During trials they discovered that it resulted in weight loss and in reduction of cholesterol. Weight loss and cholesterol reduction are off label uses. Wegovy, which is the same thing as Ozempic, has been approved for diabetes and/or weight loss, but reduction of cholesterol is still off label. My doctor has agreed to prescribing Wegovy for me for weight loss with hopes to reduce my cholesterol, however, so far I can’t find a pharmacy that has it in stock.

I can’t take thinners. I was prescribed Jardiance after two type II heart attacks (not caused by a clot; I have big Afib), and dx’d with CHF, diastolic dysfunction, thus Jardiance. I do not have diabetes. Initially I was wondering if you meant Jardiance instead of Ozempic. I have not heard of it being looked at for heart failure.