Ozempic left me with deadly bone-thinning disease, singer Avery, 30, reveals in heartbreaking confession: 'Please don't make the same mistake...'

Singer Avery has told of her shock at discovering she has a debilitating bone-thinning disease after taking Ozempic for just a year. 

In a tearful video posted to Instagram, the 30-year-old from Pheonix, Arizona admitted she took the weight-loss drug after struggling with an eating disorder.

Admitting in another video she was 'dropped' by her record label 'for being too fat' she added: 'I thought I needed Ozempic to be beautiful and successful'.

Now, tests have now revealed she has osteoporosis — a condition that puts sufferers at high risk of deadly fractures — after 'losing too much weight' on the jab.    

In a desperate plea to her 250,000 followers, she urged them to not 'make the same mistake' and take a medication 'you do not need'. 

The injections are designed to help type 2 diabetes patients and obese people control their blood sugar levels and lose weight.

But research has suggested the jabs could lead to brittle bones with experts urging people who are vulnerable to fractures against using them. 

Around half a million Britons are now thought to be using the medication, which can help them lose up to 20 per cent of their bodyweight in just a few months. 

It comes as a Mail on Sunday investigation last week revealed almost 400 Brits had been hospitalised — some with life-threatening complications — since the rollout of jabs such as Wegovy, Mounjaro and Saxenda.

In an Instagram video, the 'Let Me Go' hitmaker said she had visited her doctor for a check-up after coming off Ozempic two months earlier.

She added: 'I'm kind of in shock right now because I wasn't expecting this.

'Ozempic can cause bone density loss and I didn't think that would happen to me because I was only on it for a year. 

'But I have significant bone loss, I have osteoporosis and osteopenia.

'That's what happens if you use Ozempic for weight loss and you lose too much weight.

'I know some of you might not relate or some of you might think I'm being annoying or overdramatic but I'm really sharing this to say please don't take this drug if you don't need it.

'Please use me as an example. I just want to be an example of why you need to be careful. 

'It's become very normalised, but it's really dangerous. I just can't believe I did that damage to myself.'

In a separate message, she also wrote: 'Please please please be careful with Ozempic if you are not someone that needs to take it (it is only meant to treat diabetes and obesity). 

'I’ve done a lot of damage to myself. I want to make clear that I DO have an eating disorder, and I did NOT get Ozempic from a doctor. 

'It is very easy to get now days, and many people with eating disorders are getting their hands on it. 

'I made a mistake. I take responsibility for my actions. Please learn from mine. 

'I will be going on medication and starting a treatment plan. I will know more soon. 

'It is not always reversible, but I can do things to improve the situation. 

'At the moment I have to be very careful, as my bones are brittle. But it is treatable, and I will be okay. Thank you for support.'

There are 3.5 million people living with osteoporosis in the UK, but it is often known as a 'silent disease' as there are no symptoms until someone breaks a bone.

Half of all women and one in five men over 50 will suffer a fracture, most often in the spine or hips, because of the disease, which causes bones to become so fragile a break can be triggered by a cough or sneeze. 

Such fractures are the fourth biggest cause of disability and premature death in the UK.

Last year,  research presented to the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research also raised significant concerns about such side effects when taking the slimming jabs. 

One study – published in the medical journal JAMA Network Open – assessed 200 people using the drugs and found that they had reduced hip and spine bone mineral density when compared to a placebo or exercise alone.

At the time, Dr Taher Mahmud, founder of the London Osteoporosis Clinic, told MailOnline the 'evidence showed loss of lean mass and bone density, which is concerning, particularly for patients with conditions like osteoporosis, who are vulnerable to fractures'. 

He added: 'The data raises a concern for those people who already have an elevated risk of osteoporosis or fractures, such as those with obesity or type 2 diabetes.' 

Like any medication, the jabs are known to cause side effects that vary in both frequency and severity. 

Other reported problems include constipation, fatigue, stomach pain, headaches and dizziness.

Bizarre symptoms, such as hair loss, have also been reported among some patients. 

Until October last year, the number of UK hospitalisations over the six years since the weight-loss jabs first began to be prescribed stood at 279.

But new data obtained by the Mail on Sunday last week, from the drugs regulator the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), found that cases soared over the four weeks to the end of November, with an extra 118 hospitalisations recorded. 

Most of the reactions were gastrointestinal issues such as persistent nausea and diarrhoea, which leave some patients with ‘severe dehydration'.

But some doctors warned they were seeing patients with ‘serious, life-threatening complications’ including seizures, bowel obstruction and inflammation of the pancreas, known as pancreatitis.  

Medics have also long told how they are treating increasing numbers of slim women who end up in hospital after falsely telling online chemists they are overweight to pass eligibility checks. 

Under NHS guidelines, only patients who have a body mass index (BMI) of over 35 and at least one weight-related health problem like high blood pressure, or those who have a BMI of 30 to 34.9 and meet the criteria for referral to a specialist weight management service, should be prescribed Wegovy.

UK law forbids the sale of such drugs without a prescription from a medical professional. 

In December, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) issued a warning to advertisers, businesses and influencers to remove online and social media ads for weight-loss prescription-only medicines targeted at members of the public.

This followed a MailOnline investigation that found social media influencers were being encouraged to illegally promote prescription weight-loss jabs to their thousands of followers.