Anti-Obesity Drugs: Does the Risk of Abuse Increase Now that All Doctors Can Prescribe Them?

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Since Monday, June 23rd, general practitioners have been allowed to prescribe anti-obesity drugs such as Wegovy or Mounjaro. Until then, only a few specialists could do so. Many now fear that this treatment will be massively diverted to be used as part of diets. - Anti-obesity medicines: is the risk of abuse increasing now that all doctors can prescribe it? (Health and well-being).

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From Monday, family doctors in England can prescribe obesity drugs from the group known as GLP-1 agonists, such as Mounjaro or Wegovy, which specialist doctors have been prescribing since March 23, in "very rare" cases.