Roxy Jacenko says ‘cancer was a walk in the park’ compared to black market Ozempic overdose that landed her in hospital with seizures

Roxy Jacenko has revealed that the health scare she endured when she overdosed on Ozempic was worse than her cancer battle.

The former Sweaty Betty owner, 44, used the drug in a bid to lose weight, but she had bought it on the black market when she had two pens worth delivered from Nowra, NSW to Sydney in an Uber that cost her 2500 dollars.

But she took one milligram of the diabetes treatment on her first hit, which was four times the amount a doctor had prescribed for her.

‘The knock-on effects of it were that I think I’m going to die,’ she revealed 7NEWS Spotlight on Sunday.

‘In the morning I drove to work. I was sweating. I was so hot and then I just kept throwing up nonstop.

‘That night I ended up in hospital. They had never seen that before. This was the first they had seen of an Ozempian overdose,’ Roxy explained.

‘As the shaking shook my whole body, I could not control my legs. It’s like I had no control over my body.’

Roxy says she spent three days recovering from epileptic seizures.

She added: ‘Literally, I really thought this was it. I have been sick in my time. The cancer was a walk in the park compared to how bad I felt for those three days.’

Roxy had obtained the drug illegally in a desperate attempt to lose 15 kilos and paid $700 for two doses.

‘The aftermath of it was I think I’m going to die,’ she revealed to 7NEWS Spotlight on Sunday

‘I was actually like a junkie. I look at it now and I was like a junkie,’ she said.

Roxy was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016 and underwent a six-week radiation program in August of that year before undergoing partial removal surgery.

She said she was ‘desperate’ to lose the 15kg she gained while treating her breast cancer with the hormone Tamoxifen.

‘I actually thought I was going to die. I’ve had cancer, radiation, all that. It doesn’t even compare to how bad I felt when I took this drug,’ Roxy told The Saturday Telegraph.

Ozempic has been a hot topic in Hollywood, with stars either admitting to using the diabetes drug for weight loss or vehemently denying it.

The former Sweaty Betty owner, 44, used the drug in a bid to lose weight, but she had bought it on the black market when she had two pens worth delivered from Nowra, NSW to Sydney in an Uber that cost her 2500 dollars.

Roxy obtained the drug illegally in a desperate attempt to lose 15 kilos and paid $700 for two doses

Semaglutide is sold under the brand names Ozempic and Rybelsus as an antidiabetic medication used to treat type 2 diabetes.

It is also sold under the brand name Wegovy as an anti-obesity medication for long-term weight control.

The drugs act like a hormone in the brain that makes people feel less hungry and slows down the clearing of food from the stomach, spurring weight loss.

Ozempic and Wegovy have risen in popularity since they became the first drugs proven to aid weight loss.

Celebrities including Elon Musk, Remi Bader, Chelsea Handler and Amy Schumer revealed they used the drug to help trim fat.

‘I was actually like a junkie. I look at it now and I was like a junkie,’ she said