It was the little warning on the purple packaging that caught Vrinda Guha’s eye.
Taking the delivery for her neighbour Molly who was away on the holiday, the fact that the contents needed to be refrigerated – and the familiar bright packaging – was an instant giveaway to those in the know.
Like Vrinda, 33, it was clear her neighbour was also taking Wegovy, in a bid to lose weight.
‘As the medication had to be refrigerated, I knew I would have to open the package and put it in the fridge,’ Vrinda, who lives in North London, tells Metro. ‘I felt a little awkward, but I texted her straight away and had to be open about the situation.’
But rather than feel embarrassed about weight battles or taking the controversial semaglutide drug – which was first patented as Ozempic to treat type 2 diabetes and later as Wegovy for weight loss specifically – it brought the women closer together.
‘Molly came back …