Nearly 30 million Americans use GLP-1 diabetes and weight loss drugs to improve their health but not everyone sees the same results.

While some users report transformative, positive impacts, others say nausea and gastrointestinal side effects have forced them off the medications.

The Independent asked people around New York City if their hopes for taking a GLP-1 drug matched up with the reality of the experience.

One New Yorker, Val Wallach, 66, explained she had recently started taking Wegovy to help her lose weight. She has lost 12 pounds in a couple of months on the shot but it’s not working as well anymore and she is “starting to get the food noise back.”

“So, I’m trying to figure out what the right dosing is,” she told The Independent . If increasing the dosage doesn’t work, she says she’ll consider switching drugs to another GLP-1.

Val Wallach, a 66-year-old from New York City, told The Independent she is taking Wegovy to help her lose weight.…