Comedian Christina P. Says That She OD'd on Ozempic: ‘Enough for a 500-Lb. Man’

The comic shares that she took too much of the diabetes medication for weight loss, saying it made her “super nauseous”

Comedian Christina P. said that after an unsuccessful experience with Ozempic, her doctor raised her dosage but she accidentally took too much — enough for a “500-lb. man.”

While cohosting the Your Mom’s House podcast with her husband Tom Segura, the performer, 47, shared that she’d “started back on the Ozempics.”

“The doctor goes, ‘You know what, since you ate right through it last time, I'm going to start you on a higher dose,’” she said. “And I'm like, ‘Alright, fair enough. I'm a pig.’”

Christina P. (last name: Pazsitzky) said that he instructed her to start at 10 units, which she said “sounds like a lot. I haven't been on it in a minute. I'm gonna dial it back to five units.”

The standard dose for Ozempic is a weekly dose of .25 mg of medication, delivered via an injector pen, according to the website. After 4 weeks, the medication dose will increase to .5 mg.

“The maximum dose of Ozempic is 2 mg once a week,” the website cautions.

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Ozempic — prescription medication for type 2 diabetes — and Wegovy — prescription medication for clinical obesity — are brand names for semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist which works in the brain to impact satiety. Taken once a week by injection in the thigh, stomach or arm, the medications have gained popularity in and out of Hollywood for weight loss.

Christina said that she gave herself the injection, and joined her friends for dinner.

“I'm like, ‘Dude, I can't even [eat]. I feel nauseous. I can't even eat this bread. My mouth is dry. I feel like I'm gonna throw up.' And then I wake up in the middle of the night, like, super nauseous.”

“I'm like, ‘This is working this time. I'm down, like, 3 lbs.'”

“I'm starving,” Segura chimed in.

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“I’m starving,” she agreed. “I take a bite. And I'm like, ‘Oh, I'm full. This feels great.’ You know?”

But it wasn’t until a nurse friend came for a visit that Christina asked for her advice on the dose.

“I go, ‘Hey, just let me just confirm this dosing, because I'm not so sure. Like, should I be taking more or less?’”

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“She goes, ’Well, how much did you take last week?’ … I go, ‘Five units.’”

“She goes, ‘Christina, you took 50 units.’”

According to a report in CNN, America’s Poison Centers reported that calls involving semaglutide had increased more than 15-fold since 2019.

And as the performer’s nurse friend told her, “That's enough for, like, a 500-lb. man.”

Although Christina P. didn't elaborate on how she converted the dosing of units to milligrams, she did take medication mishap in stride, laughing about it.

“I’m like, ‘Well, it f—ing worked!’

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