At least once a day, Nancy Rahnama’s clinical nutrition practice in Beverly Hills, Calif., gets a call from a patient looking for a diabetes drug that they’ve heard can help them lose weight fast.

“They specifically say, ‘How much is it to get Ozempic?’” Dr. Rahnama said.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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