For instance, following online conversations with their USA lippy sisters, the newly registered NHS wonder jab for obesity, semaglutide (Ozempic or Wegovy), has been procured on private prescription by many UK lipoedema patients for years for its useful, off ticket side-effect of weight loss, when it was only available on NHS prescription for type 2 diabetes in the UK
In the EU, the Wegovy pill the first such version of glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) treatments will be available only to adults, while the injectable version can be prescribed to patients 12 and older
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