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An Ozempic Expert Explains What You Need to Know Before Taking GLP-1 Drugs

An Ozempic Expert Explains What You Need to Know Before Taking GLP-1 Drugs

Few drugs in recent years have shaken up medicine and society at large to the degree that semaglutide and its siblings have. Semaglutide is the active ingredient in diabetes drug Ozempic and obesity medication Wegovy (since Wegovy was approved in 2021, Ozempic has become a common off-label treatment for obesity). It’s a synthetic version of the hormone GLP-1, which helps …

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Government appoints founder and director of DSM Foundation to drugs advisory body

Government appoints founder and director of DSM Foundation to drugs advisory body

DSM Foundation founder and director Fiona Spargo-Mabbs OBE has been announced as the newest member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD). The ACMD, an advisory non-departmental public body, is responsible for providing recommendations to the government on the control of dangerous or harmful drugs, including classification and scheduling under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and …

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Most online pharmacies are run illegally and could be selling dangerous or ineffective drugs, U.S. warns

Most online pharmacies are run illegally and could be selling dangerous or ineffective drugs, U.S. warns

Counterfeit weight loss drugs flood internet Counterfeit weight loss drugs sold online as demand for cheaper options grows 03:04 Most of the 35,000 online pharmacies around the world are operating illegally and could be selling dangerous or ineffective drugs, according to the U.S. Trade Representative’s annual “notorious markets” report. Ninety-six percent of online pharmacies were found to be in violation …

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Second man accused of supplying drugs to Liam Payne before his death surrenders to Argentine police

Second man accused of supplying drugs to Liam Payne before his death surrenders to Argentine police

The second of two men accused of supplying drugs to British singer Liam Payne, who plunged to his death from a third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires last year, has turned himself in to authorities, Argentine police said Tuesday. David Ezequiel Pereyra, 21, presented himself Monday to police in Barracas, south of Buenos Aires, a police source told AFP. Pereyra …

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Argentinian police arrest man for supplying drugs to former “One Direction” star Liam Payne before his death

Argentinian police arrest man for supplying drugs to former “One Direction” star Liam Payne before his death

Liam Payne’s final moments revealed Liam Payne’s final moments revealed before tragic hotel balcony fall 01:50 A man has been arrested for supplying drugs to former “One Direction” star Liam Payne before he fell to his death from the third floor of his Buenos Aires hotel room last year. Braian Paiz, who is accused of having supplied cocaine to Payne, …

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