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Amy Schumer says she is having “a really good experience” taking a new weight loss drug.
In an Instagram video she filmed from the driver’s seat of her car, the actress and comedian, 43, said she wanted to “keep it a hundred” with her fans about her weight loss journey. The Life & Beth star shared that she had previously tried to lose weight with Wegovy three years ago, but experienced unpleasant symptoms.
“I was like puking, I couldn’t handle it. I don’t know if they’ve changed the formula, whatever,” she recalled.
The comedian continued to explain that after that experience, she scheduled a telehealth appointment and was prescribed two hormones, estrogen and progesterone, for her perimenopause symptoms. She said she also began using Mounjaro, a GLP-1 drug for type 2 diabetes that is also often prescribed for weight loss.
Schumer said that combined, all of her new medications have yielded positive results. “My symptoms of being in perimenopause have disappeared. My hair is fuller, my skin is better, I have more energy. I want to ‘get down’ more, if you know what I mean,” the Kinda Pregnant star said from behind the wheel, quickly clarifying, “I’m talking about sex.”
“So, yeah, that’s been great. Mounjaro’s been great,” Schumer continued. She noted for fans that Mounjaro is typically not covered by insurance unless one is diagnosed with diabetes or — as she joked — “severe obesity, which most of the Internet thinks I have.”
“But I’m having a really good experience, so I wanted to keep it real with you about that,” she added.
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Schumer also gave a shout-out to Midi Health, which prescribed the medications for her.
“I liked it so much, and it was such a good experience that I invested in the company,” she shared in her video. The virtual care clinic for women also boasts other celebrity investors, including Connie Britton, fashion designer Tory Burch, soccer star Brandi Chastain and Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners, a venture capital fund run by former Meta CEO Sheryl Sandberg and her husband, per Fortune.
While sharing her experience with Mounjaro, Schumer joked that one thing she will never do is alter her lips.
“I want to commit to you that I will never get lip fillers, so you can always enjoy that I have no top lip.” the star said, looking into her rear view mirror.
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