Weight loss jab patients to face tougher checks

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,
Looking to buy weight-loss jabs? You need to pass more checks from now on
New industry rules require visual size checks or GP medical records for online fat jab purchases. The updated guidelines ensure weight-loss jabs like
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 for online pharmacies selling medicines including Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro.
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,
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
New rules will make it harder to buy weight loss drugs online
Changes are coming into force which will make it harder to buy weight loss medication, such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, online – a move that eating disorder charities have praised as a vital step towards keeping vulnerable people safer.
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