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Regulator warns of small risk of serious condition in people having RSV jab

Guillain-Barre syndrome is a rare but serious condition which needs urgent treatment in hospital to prevent it progressing.

Evening Standard

NHS manager ordered to stop selling ‘sleep drug-laced’ children’s gummies

Regulator tells Sally Westcott to pull product that allegedly has undeclared levels of prescription-only melatonin

The Guardian - UK

After Ozempic, Women On Mounjaro May Be Overlooking A Serious Pancreas Problem

Women on Mounjaro may miss signs of pancreatitis. Learn the symptoms, risks, and what UK health authorities are doing to monitor GLP-1 weight loss drugs.

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‘Organ-Destroying’ Ozempic And Mounjaro Have Already Claimed 10 Lives, Experts Say

"People have been conditioned to believe you can take dr*gs for everything."

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Urgent health warning issued over skin-lightening beauty drip treatments

More than 300 beauty salons and clinics offer these drips, with the majority not run by doctors or nurses

The Independent UK

Watchdog warning over health risks of skin-lightening beauty trend

Known as skin whitening or brightening drips, the treatments contain the antioxidant glutathione, which has skin-lightening effects.

Evening Standard

Weight loss jabs are linked to 10 deaths caused by serious side effects, prompting new study

Data show that since the drugs were licensed there have been hundreds of cases of acute and chronic pancreatitis

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Weight loss jabs linked to potentially deadly side effect

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The Independent UK

Pancreatitis: The life-threatening reaction linked to weight loss injections

Some cases of pancreatitis have been reported to be linked to GLP-1 medicines. Here’s what we know

The Independent UK

Weight-loss jabs linked to hundreds of cases of life-threatening illness and 10 deaths

Since the GLP-1 drugs, including Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy, were licensed, there have been hundreds of reported cases of acute and chronic pancreatitis among people taking them, figures from the UK’s medicines regulator reveal

The Independent UK

Hundreds of weight loss and diabetes jab users report pancreas problems

UK health officials launch study into side-effects of weight loss drugs after increased reports of acute pancreatitis

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of bad reactions linked to weight loss jabs prompts new study

Academics want to see whether a potential side effect is influenced by genetic differences.

The Independent UK

Rather than relying on weight-loss jabs on the NHS, encourage us all to be fitter and healthier

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The health department rolling out jabs to patients who struggle with their weight must be a moment to rethink our approach to childhood obesity, so often the precursor to a lifetime of poor outcomes

The Independent UK

Botulism: Spike in UK cases of extremely rare condition linked to ‘fake botox’

Nearly 30 cases of the rare condition have been reported in North East England

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Prescription paracetamol urgently recalled over contamination fears

Two batches of paracetamol tablets from Chelonia Healthcare Limited are affected

The Independent UK

Weight-loss drugs and pregnancy, and do ‘skinny jabs’ prevent the pill working

Some experts say ‘skinny jab’ drugs slow absorption of birth control pills as well as food

Fortune

How GLP-1 weight-loss drugs can mess with birth control and pregnancy, U.K. agency warns

Today marks the first official agency warning about the possibility of these drugs—specifically Mounjaro—decreasing the effectiveness of oral contraceptives.

The Independent UK

‘Ozempic babies’ prompt contraception alert for women on weight-loss jabs

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Expert warns these five things can make contraception less effective

A women’s health GP shares the key factors that can change the effectiveness of hormonal contraception

The Independent UK

5 things that could make your contraception less effective

We spoke with a women’s health GP to learn about the key factors that can affect the effectiveness of hormonal contraception.

Euronews

Women on blockbuster weight loss drugs warned to use effective contraception

The UK medicines regulator said all women taking the jabs should ensure they are using an effective form of birth control, and that pregnant women should stop taking them.

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Women taking weight-loss jabs 'cannot rely on contraceptive pill'

Women taking weight-loss jabs are being warned they must use effective contraception

The Guardian - UK

Contraception warning over weight-loss drugs after dozens of pregnancies

UK watchdog has had 40 reports relating to pregnancies in people using drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro

The Independent UK

Pregnancy warning to women taking Ozempic and Mounjaro after ‘baby boom’

The injections have been previously linked to a ‘baby boom’

The Independent UK

Women taking weight-loss jabs warned they must use effective contraception

The jabs have been reported to have fuelled a ‘baby boom’, with women saying online they have had ‘Ozempic babies’ despite using contraception.

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