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Doctors Warn of the Frivolous Use of Ozempic and Mounjaro: "They Are Not for Bikini Operation"

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More and more people turn to medicines such as Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro to lose weight quickly without changing their life habits. The growing popularity of these drugs, originally developed to treat diabetes and obesity, has set off alarms among experts gathered this week at the 31st Congress of the Spanish Society of General Doctors and Family (SEMG) held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. "There is no miracle drug," said Dr. Isabel Egocheaga, …
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Portugal is one of the countries in Europe where people self-medicate the most despite having low health literacy. Half of the population does not know what the medicines they take are for. Most Portuguese people do not know what they are taking and sometimes they commit excesses that can have serious consequences. Excessive […]

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More and more people turn to medicines such as Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro to lose weight quickly without changing their life habits. The growing popularity of these drugs, originally developed to treat diabetes and obesity, has set off alarms among experts gathered this week at the 31st Congress of the Spanish Society of General Doctors and Family (SEMG) held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. "There is no miracle drug," said Dr. Isabel Egocheaga, …

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El Independiente broke the news in on Friday, June 13, 2025.
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