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Pharmacist thwarts diabetes patient flogging excess Mounjaro

 
• By Kate Bowie

Community Pharmacy Wales (CPW) has urged pharmacies to “review” weight loss and diabetes prescriptions, after a patient was caught selling extra tirzepatide “mistakenly prescribed” by their GP.

The patient "sold the excess pens to associates for weight loss purposes"
Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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