‘Overweight or psychotic’: Why this doctor kept prescribing semaglutide for obesity
Dr Manfred Penzhorn says most off-label prescribing of semaglutide is justified
“Patients need to worry about themselves, not other people’s conditions.”
That is the view of Gold Coast psychiatrist Dr Manfred Penzhorn, who was prescribing semaglutide for weight loss until the explosion of off-label prescribing made the drug disappear from pharmacy shelves.
