EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison details side effects after shedding 3st on weight loss jab

EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison details side effects after shedding 3st on weight loss jab

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Actress Cheryl Fergison is best known for playing the role of Heather Trott on EastEnders between 2007 and 2016

EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison has detailed the side effects she’s now going through after shedding three stone using weight loss jabs. The actress is best known for her role on EastEnders as she played Heather Trott between 2007 and 2016.

The 60-year-old has opened up about she was prescribed the jab after being diagnosed as diabetic and “clinically obese”. However, she has now said that she has been left questioning whether using the jabs was worth it as now she’s going through devastating side effects.

Cheryl has said that she has now has hair falling out in clumps which could be down to being prescribed a “big dosage”. She has been using Mounjaro to lose weight but thinks she might stop using it.

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Speaking on the Secure the Insecure podcast she said: “I’m on Mounjaro. It doesn’t really agree with me, so I think I’m going to probably come off it. I was on quite a big dosage. The doctors put me on it because I’m diabetic. I was clinically obese, as they would say. They said this was this wonder drug, and I took it and then they upped [the dosage] again.”

Cheryl explained that the jab worked how it was meant to at first and suppressed her appetite which mean she shed the pounds. She found that she used to be able to eat a whole pizza but can now only eat a slice before getting full.

However, she’s experienced several side effects which have put her off. Cheryl said: “The side effects are, I think, worse.

“There are fluids coming out from both ends a lot of the time. I’m sick, I’ve got diarrhoea with it. My hair… I can pull it out in clumps. Luckily, I’ve got a lot of hair. But there’s a lot of stuff I’m not sure about with it. I’m not sure it agrees with me.”

Mounjaro is the brand name for tirzepatide and has become one of the most used weight-loss jabs alongside Ozempic and Wegovy. The medication mimics the naturally occurring GLP-1 hormone which helps lower blood sugar and can increase feelings of fullness.

Cheryl said she had managed to lose almost three stone but her health issues impacted her progress. She was taken to hospital in May of this year after suffering a stroke.

Cheryl has been recovering from her home in Blackpool where she lives with her husband Yassine Al-Jermoni and her son Alex. She has revealed that since her stroke she has put a stone back on due to not being able to exercise as much anymore.

Beforehand she would go swimming and cycling as well as go on walks. However, Cheryl is now using a walking stick and says she is slower than she was. In order to recover, Cheryl said she has “got to listen to my body at the moment”.

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Source: Mirror

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