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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Vicky Jessop

Mounjaro: what is the golden dose, and is it safe to use?

Mounjaro is an antidiabetic drug which lowers blood sugar levels and slows down how quickly food is digested (Alamy/PA) -

It looks like the weight-loss injection craze isn’t going away any time soon.

From today, it’s become legal for GPs to prescribe the Mounjaro jab to users, adding to the estimated 500,000 people who are already using it and Wegovy to lose weight.

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