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Yet another weight loss drug is now hard to get as high demand creates major shortages

Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, chief executive officer of Novo Nordisk.Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesNovo Nordisk’s drug Saxenda is the latest to hit a shortage, as high demand for weight loss drugs sparks supply snags across the industry. Saxenda will have limited availability through the end of the year, according to a notice posted Tuesday on a

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UK investigates weight loss, diabetes drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic for suicide risks

Packages of the weight-loss drug Wegovy from the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk lie on the sales counter in a Danish pharmacy.Stefan Trumpf | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesU.K. health authorities on Wednesday said they are reviewing obesity and diabetes drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Ozempic after some patients who took the treatments reported thoughts

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Just how easy is it to get Ozempic for weight loss in SA?

From celeb red carpets to local shores, Ozempic is the diabetes drug turned weight loss miracle that has exploded in popularity. A nationwide shortage of the drug has prompted the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to issue guidelines urging medical practitioners to only prescribe Ozempic for management of type 2 diabetes. But an investigation by The

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New weight loss drugs are confusing, expensive, and inaccessible to some older patients

This article was originally published on KFF Health News. Corlee Morris has dieted throughout her adult life. After her weight began climbing in high school, she spent years losing 50 or 100 pounds then gaining it back. Morris, 78, was at her heaviest in her mid-40s, standing 5 feet 10½ inches and weighing 310 pounds.

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