Weight management

Big Interview: ‘The cuts have gone too deep’

The CCA’s CEO Malcom Harrison sat down with C+D and shared his thoughts on everything from funding to weight loss drugs. Here’s what he had to say...

Weight loss: Online pharmacy influencer discount codes shot down

The medicines regulator has chided Lloyds Pharmacy Online Doctor for its advertising around weight loss medicines, while another online pharmacy has landed in hot water for using “content creators” to promote the drugs.

GPhC: Photo verification for weight loss drugs ‘not appropriate’

The pharmacy regulator has revealed that it is “not appropriate to solely use a photograph or pre-recorded video” to verify patient information when supplying weight loss drugs – contrary to claims by Chemist4U.

Chemist4U: Weight loss video consultations will cause ‘bottlenecks’

The online pharmacy has warned that new General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) guidance may hinder patient access to “one of the most important medications released in our lifetime”.

GPs warned they could face legal issues if they ‘ignore’ pharmacists

GPs have been urged to “not ignore” requests from online pharmacies to disclose patient information when weight loss drugs are being prescribed to avoid becoming “vulnerable to criticism and medico-legal process”, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has said.

New online pharmacy regs ‘effective immediately’ amid weight loss risks

Online pharmacies “cannot” prescribe based on online questionnaires alone and must “independently verify” patients’ weight and height before prescribing weight loss drugs, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has announced.

Draft GPhC rules ‘leave door open’ for unsafe weight loss scripts

Independent pharmacy leaders have warned that draft GPhC guidance allows patients to “inappropriately access weight loss injections”, while representatives for the largest pharmacies have said that no additional regulations are needed.

Weight loss jabs linked to ‘reduced risk’ of Alzheimer’s and dementia

The use of weight loss drugs has been associated with a “reduced risk of substance use” and “neurocognitive disorders” including Alzheimer’s and dementia – along with a handful of other illnesses – a new study has revealed.

Pharmacist thwarts diabetes patient flogging excess Mounjaro

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.

‘New front line’: MHRA removes 150 social media posts selling fake weight loss drugs

Social media has become the new “front line” for the sale of counterfeit weight loss drugs with 150 online posts “actively” selling them targeted by the MHRA last year, C+D has learned.