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A NEW more powerful appetitesuppressing jab has been approved for weight loss on the NHS.
In trials Mounjaro helped obese people lose a fifth of their weight and the weekly injection is being offered on the NHS to people dangerously obese.
However, the jab comes with side effects such as nausea and causes a loss of muscle mass, while experts suspect it will be subject to NHS rationing.
Prof Sir Stephen O'Rahilly, obesity expert at Cambridge University, said: "We are clearly in a new era of obesity management where, for the first time, we can have access to medicines which are effective and, though not without some side effects, largely safe.
This story is from the June 05, 2024 edition of Daily Mirror UK.
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