Who is eligible for weight-loss jabs? UK pharmacies tighten rules amid misuse concerns
The clampdown comes after several reports of people entering a false weight online to meet the criteria for the injections ...
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 ...
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GPs could face legal risk if they ignore weight-loss jab information requests, says MDO
GPs could be at medico-legal risk if they ignore requests from online pharmacies for patient information for prescribing ...
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 ...
‘Wild west’ of weight-loss jabs: Crackdown explained ...Tech & Science Daily podcast
Rachelle Abbott joins London GP Dr Sonia Adesara, who explains the 'wild west' culture of online weight-loss jab prescriptions. Plus Louise Edwards, chief strategy officer & deputy registrar at the ...
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Pharmacists Warn That People With Eating Disorders Are Misusing Wegovy Prescriptions
More and more people are taking weight loss injectables like Wegovy and Mounjaro — and pharmacy experts are worried that not ...