US EditionAre Weight Loss Drugs Safe? Learn some of the Side Effects
- Researchers led by professor Susan Jebb analyzed 11 studies on GLP-1 weight loss drugs affecting 6,370 adults across several trials and observational studies.
- The analysis found these drugs cause significant weight loss but patients regain most or all weight within about a year of stopping treatment.
- Newer drugs like semaglutide and tirzepatide produced average losses of 16kg, with patients regaining 9.6kg in the year after stopping.
- Experts including Tam Fry and Jason Halford stressed the need for behavioral support to sustain benefits, while NHS guidelines limit treatment duration to two years.
- Concerns about illegal and contaminated weight loss injections sold privately in the UK have arisen following cases of severe illness, prompting MHRA investigations and law enforcement actions.
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Vulnerable Young Women End up in Life-Threatening Trap with Weight Loss Videos on Social Media
Vulnerable young women end up in life-threatening trap with slimming videos on social media: 'SkinnyTok dangerously addictive'. Read on telegraaf.nl what experts advise young girls
I bought fat jab on Facebook & almost died... docs were horrified what was in it
TEARS prick Michelle Sword’s eyes as she scrolls through photos of herself in hospital, tubes snaking in and out of her body. The 45-year-old wasn’t there for a routine operation – she was fighting for her life after unknowingly injecting herself with fake Ozempic bought from a Facebook seller. Michelle Sword was left fighting for her life in hospital after unknowingly injecting herself with fake OzempicSupplied The mum-of-two bought the skinny …
Inside the 'skinny jab parties' where super-strength jabs sold illegally
MYSTERY weight-loss drugs are being sold illegally at “skinny jab parties” – with one dealer claiming she buys meds in powder form and mixes them herself. In a shocking video by ITV News and the Tonight programme, undercover reporters posed as a hen-do to expose the booming black market in dangerous slimming jabs. ITV News/TonightReporters went undercover at ‘fat jab’ party[/caption] ITV News/TonightThe woman hosting the party demonstrated how t…
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