Weight loss jabs to have tougher checks

Prescriptions for weight loss drugs are skyrocketing, especially among young women. Experts think they know why.
The use of blockbuster weight loss drugs has surged among young women, for whom the treatments can often be "liberating."
Weight loss jabs to have tougher checks after people with eating disorders get prescriptions
Pharmacy regulator warns some people with history of eating disorders wrongly obtaining medicines such as Wegovy or Mounjaro
Pharmacies require stricter weight-loss jab checks
Online pharmacies will now have to employ stricter checks to stop people who are already a healthy weight or have a history of eating disorders buying weight-loss jabs. They will no longer be able to dispense the medication, sold under brand names such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, to patients who have just completed online questionnaires or sent photos.
Weight loss jabs: Patients in UK to face more stringent checks
People wanting to buy weight loss jabs online will face more stringent checks as part of a shake-up of UK pharmacy rules. The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has told online pharmacies they can no longer prescribe the drugs after reading a patient questionnaire,
What is Mounjaro and how does the weight-loss jab work? Pharmacies to face stricter checks for popular drug
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