Weight-loss injections are being aggressively marketed to British consumers through often illegal promotions, in a practice experts have described as a “wild west” industry of drug selling. The booming market for jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro has triggered a price battle among online pharmacies, with even high-street chains cashing in on the soaring demand.
Well, why the surprise, when the media is full of stories like this and you can't walk into any dr's surgery or A&E without screaming posters about obesity being a 'killer'?
...a Guardian review of reports by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has revealed many online pharmacies are flouting the rules in an attempt to attract customers looking for weight-loss treatments. The regulator has regularly written to online pharmacies who advertise cut-price and multibuy deals on jabs to censure them for their promotions, reminding the seller that the suitability of weight-loss injections “should be a professional prescribing decision based on a consultation”.
We live in a 'quick fix' society, so of course people worried about the constant pressure from the NHS aren't going to eat healthily and exercise, because that all takes too long. A jab is the ideal solution for them.
The MHRA’s official guidance states that a failure to comply with any requirement imposed by a notice served under the regulations is a criminal offence.
“The penalty is a fine and/or imprisonment for up to two years,” it states.
And how many have been issued? Zero. So it might as well not exist. Like any legislation that isn't enforced.
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A friend of mine was on one of these for his diabetes, was taken off it and told it was because it was being supplied to tubbies. I presume that the notional health service was being either held to ransom over prices or not able to source supplies while more money was being made by big pharma on the grey market.
It's wierd. One group goes on about how obesity is so unhealthy, while another goes on about how it's perfectly normal and fat whaps are beautiful.
Then someone invents a weight loss drug. Assuming it works, that would mean the pro-lardys and the anti-obisity mobs can have whatever they want, either way. But then there's an outcry...
If those who demand 2 airplane, bus, or theatre seats for the price of one, because they are 'plus size', are able to have a jab or tablet to make them normal size, apart from no longer being able to describe themselves as an 'influencer', what will they have to complain about?
Penseivat
Almost certainly the case... 😡
There's ALWAYS an outcry, because some people's actual problem is there's not enough drama in their lives....
They'll find something!
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