Weight Loss Injections

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Weight loss injections: How do drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro work?

Both Wegovy and Mounjaro are given as weekly injections via pre-filled pens that can be self-administered into the upper arm, thigh or stomach. They work as an appetite suppressant by mimicking a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1).

The New York Times · 5d

Could Weight-Loss Drugs Help Get People Back to Work? The U.K. Wants to Find Out.

The British government announced a multimillion dollar pharmaceutical partnership with Eli Lilly, including a trial that will study the impact of a weight-loss drug on work and productivity.

ABC News on MSN · 4d

Weight loss drugs like Ozempic may help reduce overdose risks: Study

A study suggests that weight loss medications like Ozempic may help reduce the risk of overdose and alcohol intoxication in people with substance use disorders.

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BBC on MSN · 21h

Weight loss jabs for jobless not dystopian - Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has dismissed suggestions that plans to provide weight loss jabs to unemployed people with obesity are "dystopian.". The UK government is launching a five-year trial with pharmaceutical giant Lilly to test if the weight-loss drug Mounjaro can help get more people back to work and ease the strain on the NHS in England by preventing obesity-related diseases.

The Mirror · 4d

Woman on weight loss medication blasts 'naive' Streeting over anti-obesity jabs for jobless

I don’t think suddenly we’ve got X amount of unemployed people and we all give them Mounjaro and once they start losing weight, that’s it, they’re all suddenly going to be in employment'

PA Media on MSN · 20h

Wes Streeting says weight-loss jabs for jobless obese people is not ‘dystopian’

The Health Secretary has said offering weight loss jabs to unemployed obese people is not “dystopian”. Wes Streeting said a trial to test if anti-obesity injections can increase employment and ease pressure on the NHS may be a “game-changer”.

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What actually happens when you ask your doctor about trying weight-loss injections

One person who wanted to try the drug said it took a lot of convincing. They wrote: "I went to my doctor and was in tears ...

Daily Mail4d

We've spent hundreds on weight-loss injections like Ozempic every month - Keir's 'jabs for jobless' plan isn't fair on people like us who can barely afford them

Proposals to offer unemployed people weight loss injections on the NHS may help to address the country’s obesity epidemic, however in order for this to be successful, and safe, it’s vital that ...

‘Judgemental’ Labour forcing public to 'live a certain lifestyle’ with weight loss jabs

Earlier this week, health secretary Wes Streeting proposed to give over-weight unemployed people weight-loss injections to ...

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Gynaecologist issues warning over how weight loss drugs could affect your vagina

"Additionally, GLP-1 agonists can cause gastrointestinal side effects like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea. These symptoms ...

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