Weight loss jabs hit with stricter rules as people with eating disorders get online prescriptions
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has introduced new rules for weight-loss jabs, such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, in ...
Major crackdown is launched on buying weight-loss jabs - after some online pharmacies offered them to patients with scant checks
Tougher regulations to ensure drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro only go to those with a true clinical need have been ...
'Food controlled me and my GP dismissed it so I turned to weight loss jab Mounjaro'
Lana Hart, 29, has given a brutally honest account about why she turned to weight loss injection Mounjaro amid a national ...
Weight loss jabs: Patients to face more stringent checks
Pharmacists must verify a person’s body mass index (BMI) via a video consultation, in person, or through accessing GP or ...
UK to reduce number of people allowed weight loss jabs by ensuring they pass one key test
General Pharmaceutical Council issues new guidance following reports people are lying about their weight in online forms and submitting photos of themselves in baggy clothes ...
Weight-loss jab loophole closed for thin people
Those too slim to be eligible for injections can no longer get prescription without seeing a doctor under new guidance ...
Ozempic crackdown: What you need to know about the new rules as health chiefs restrict prescriptions
Around half a million Britons are now thought to be using the medication, which can help them lose up to 20 per cent of their ...
Weight-loss jabs now tougher to get as they are labelled 'high-risk'
Weight-loss drugs have also now been added to the list of “high-risk” medicines requiring extra safeguards. Any decision not ...
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UK Pharmacies Regulator Wants Tighter Checks on Weight Loss Injections
Amid growing concern of the overuse and misuse of obesity drugs, the UK’s pharmacies regulator rolled out stricter guidelines ...
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Weight loss drugs: Pharmacies are told to make stricter checks before prescribing
Online pharmacies in England, Wales, and Scotland will have to carry out stricter checks on people who are buying weight loss drugs, under new regulatory guidance. Pharmacists will no longer be able ...
Weight loss jab patients to face tougher checks after drugs ‘wrongly prescribed’
Weight-loss drugs have also now been added to the list of “high-risk” medicines requiring extra safeguards. If pharmacists do ...
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 ...