Britain's pharmacies regulator on Tuesday tightened rules for online pharmacies' prescribing obesity drugs, ordering them to ...

GPs could be at medico-legal risk if they ignore requests from online pharmacies for patient information for prescribing ...

Semaglutide, sold under the brand names of Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy, is one of the most popular drugs on the market.

More prescriptions were handed out for semaglutide – a drug used to treat diabetes – in Buckinghamshire last year, figures ...

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More prescriptions were handed out for semaglutide – a drug used to treat diabetes – in Southend last year, figures show.

Pharmacists must verify a person’s body mass index (BMI) via a video consultation, in person, or through accessing GP or ...

Once opened, compounded semaglutide typically lasts 28 days in the fridge. Compounded semaglutide, which contains the same active ingredient as Ozempic and Wegovy, is available from many telehealth ...

While older anti-obesity drugs may lead to less weight loss than semaglutide and tirzepatide, they remain useful tools in ...

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), which regulates pharmacies, said it was responding to concerns relating to the unsafe prescribing and supply of ... particularly as the NHS began offering ...

An estimated 3.4 million Brits meet the criteria to receive a prescription for Wegovy and Mounjaro which would cost £10billion a year. All weight loss jabs, including Ozempic, contain semaglutide ...