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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rachel Clun and Jane Kirby

Weight loss jabs to have tougher checks after people with eating disorders get prescriptions

People will no longer be able to get weight-loss jabs after completing a simple online questionnaire as the pharmacy regulator tightened prescription rules to prevent medicines from being supplied “inappropriately”.

The change comes after groups including the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) called for tougher rules after they learnt of people being wrongly prescribed the drugs who already had a low body weight or those who previously had eating disorders.

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