These patients without drug coverage are eagerly awaiting generic Ozempic in Canada – CTV
April 07, 2026
TORONTO — Anne Welch worked a physically demanding job at her local SPCA — lifting pets, cleaning kennels and walking dogs — until she retired at age 71.
With the loss of that physical activity, coupled with an underactive thyroid, “the weight just started piling on,” the now-77 year old said in an interview from her home in Paris, Ont.
“(I’m) definitely feeling very down at times because I try so hard and I’ll go for a few weeks and I won’t eat any sweets and I’ll try to eat salads and then all of the sudden I wake up one morning and all I can think about is eating sweets,” Welch said.
“I’m sure that my back issues and my other issues would be helped by me being able to lose weight,” she said.
Welch asked her doctor if Ozempic was an option.
She said her doctor told her that the GLP-1 medication would be helpful and “she was more than happy to prescribe it for me.”
