Medical treatments, even those deemed safe and effective, are rarely without any side effects. That is why they should be deployed in strict accordance with expert advice – and, it must be added, why miracle cures are only available from quacks.
So it is with the relatively new weight-loss jabs, which have become understandably popular in recent months, to the point where they’ve gone beyond mere pharmaceutical status and have become fashionable; indeed, in some quarters, a craze. It is time for the authorities to take another look at this phenomenon – and to radically restrict access to them.
