More than 80 Britons have died after using weight-loss and diabetes jabs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, it was reported last night.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency reported at least 22 fatalities linked to the medication up to the end of January.
A further 60 deaths were recorded for products aimed to help with Type 2 diabetes.
Nearly 400 people also required hospital treatment since the rollout of the products over the past few years.
The National Health Service currently warns patients to ‘never take an anti-obesity medicine if it has not been prescribed to you’.
And Dr Alison Cave, MHRA chief safety officer, added that professionals must advise on whether they are necessary.
She told The Sun: ‘The decision to start, continue or stop treatments should be made jointly by patients and their doctor, based on full consideration of benefits and risks.’
Figures from the MHRA show up to 18 deaths were linked to Mounjaro – the King Kong of jabs which was recently approved for use on the NHS.
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