Searching 'weight' can bring up Ozempic in results. It's a drug advertising loophole
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If you've googled "weight loss," there's a good chance that one of the first search results that came up was a website for Ozempic.
But Ozempic hasn't been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for weight loss — it's only approved to treat Type 2 diabetes. So why is it showing up there?
The answer is something called a sponsored search result. Companies pay search engines so that their websites are among the first results you see, if you enter certain keywords or phrases.
"Search engines are often the first place people go when they have health questions," says Daniel
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