‘Botched’ doc Terry Dubrow points Ozempic warning after Lisa Marie Presley post-mortem

The value of Ozempic is already sky-high — however consultants warn excessive weight reduction may additionally value your life.

Dr. Terry Dubrow, the mastermind plastic surgeon behind the hit sequence “Botched,” is slamming the drastic strategies an rising variety of sufferers are risking to realize drastic weight reduction following the post-mortem outcomes for Lisa Marie Presley.

The late daughter of Elvis Presley died in January on the age of 54. It was revealed this week that she misplaced her life on account of a small bowel obstruction after bariatric surgical procedure.

Dubrow, 64, is now urging consultants within the weight reduction group to lift consciousness of the risks of weight reduction remedies, reminiscent of Ozempic and bariatric surgical procedure. In an unique interview with TMZ, he warned it may lead to a lethal state of affairs — particularly when the remedies are mixed.

Bariatric surgical procedure can create scar tissue that may strangulate the intestines, and the case of Lisa Marie was a primary instance, in accordance with Dr. Dubrow, who has a novel viewpoint into the Hollywood realm because the husband of actress and actuality TV star Heather Dubrow, 54, of “Actual Housewives of Orange County fame.

Different long-term risks related to the process embrace hernias, gallstones, malnutrition, low blood sugar, ulcers acid reflux disease and dumping syndrome, which might trigger diarrhea, flushing, vomiting and lightheadedness.

Oftentimes, Dubrow claimed, sufferers don’t lose sufficient weight with bariatric surgical procedure alone and can flip to weight reduction medication like Ozempic to shed extra kilos.

Nevertheless, the drug, popularized within the final 12 months by A-listers, can additional sluggish bowels.

It’s an ideal storm: The mix of bariatric scarring, slowed intestines from weight reduction medication and opioids to masks the ache can show to be a deadly concoction.

Whereas there is no such thing as a present proof that Lisa Marie was taking an Ozempic-like weight reduction drug after her process, Dubrow warned sufferers of the dangers.

“For those who’re going to go on the Ozempic-type medication and also you get intestinal ache, you get abdomen bloating, you get ache, you drink alcohol with this, you’re predisposed to intestinal obstruction and pancreatitis,” the Hollywood doc informed the outlet.

Ozempic has additionally been linked to a myriad of undesirable or unpleasant unintended effects, reminiscent of extreme and putrid belching, diarrhea and sagging pores and skin. Most lately, sufferers reported that the Hollywood-hailed drug triggered suicidal ideas.

Presently, three of Dubrow’s sufferers are hospitalized on account of intestinal issues and pancreatitis linked with Ozempic use, he claimed — and so they haven’t even gone below the knife but.

“No one’s speaking about this proper now — however we have to speak about it,” he warned.

In line with the LA County Coroner’s report launched on Thursday, Lisa Marie had “therapeutic” ranges of oxycodone in her system when she died, in addition to Buprenorphine, an opioid used to deal with dependancy, and Quetiapine, an antipsychotic.

The post-mortem famous that there was “no proof of damage or foul play,” and that the “method of dying is deemed pure.”