Actress Mayim Bialik shares her ‘nightmare’ experience with a GLP-1

(NewsNation) — Actress Mayim Bialik is opening up about the crippling side effects she experienced while taking a GLP-1 medication.

The “Big Bang Theory” star writes in an article for “The Free Press” that she went on an unnamed GLP-1 in hopes of easing symptoms related to Graves’ disease. According to the Mayo Clinic, the autoimmune disorder affects the thyroid and can cause symptoms like fatigue, tremors and heart palpitations.

Bialik, 50, said three doctors recommended that she try the weight loss drug, as it has been shown to reduce inflammation associated with autoimmune disorders. She said she spent years trying different treatments, including “hyperbaric chambers and infrared saunas to detox medications and infusions,” to relieve her symptoms. She hoped this would be her “magic cure.”

Unfortunately, the actress said, after her first shot of the unnamed synthetic GLP-1, she began feeling adverse effects.

“Explosive,........

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