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    Tag: weight

    How Novo Nordisk lobbied AHPRA and the TGA to get compounded semaglutide banned

    June 17, 2024

    More than a year before the Federal Government announced its compounding ban, the pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk was making complaints to AHPRA about pharmacies compounding…

    Govt to ban semaglutide compounding from October amid patient safety fears

    May 22, 2024

    The TGA is banning pharmacists from compounding semaglutide and other GLP-1 receptor agonists, starting 1 October. About 20,000 patients are currently using compounded semaglutide for…

    The $100m telehealth corporate prescribing compounded semaglutide — its top GP speaks with AusDoc

    March 13, 2024

    Telehealth corporate Eucalyptus is making headlines for prescribing off-label compounded semaglutide as part of an online weight loss program that costs up to $599 a…

    Doctor says she may have been ‘fooled’ by a compounded semaglutide provider

    February 19, 2024

    A doctor is warning GPs to be careful when prescribing compounded semaglutide, saying both she and her prescribing doctor appear to have been taken in…

    ‘People don’t realise the dangers’: Warning after hundreds of semaglutide overdoses

    November 20, 2023

    The social media frenzy around semaglutide may have contributed to dozens of overdoses, says a leading endocrinologist, with poisons information centres seeing a spike in…

    Semaglutide ‘shows promise’ for secondary CV prevention regardless of diabetes status

    November 15, 2023

    Adding semaglutide to standard care cuts the risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiac events by 20% in adults with pre-existing cardiovascular disease but not diabetes,…

    Semaglutide benefits for HFpEF ‘largest seen with any agent’, researchers claim

    August 28, 2023

    Semaglutide may be a new therapeutic option for obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, with results from a landmark study showing substantial reductions in…

    PBAC to consider semaglutide listing for weight loss

    July 28, 2023

    Novo Nordisk has applied for PBS funding for its subcutaneous weight loss drug Wegovy as a severe obesity treatment. The product contains the GLP-1 receptor…

    GPs asking patients about weight may add to body shame: Australian of the Year

    July 11, 2023

    Australian of the Year and leading body image advocate Taryn Brumfitt has claimed that GPs risk turning patients off seeking care by raising their weight…

    Body mass index: why were doctors advised to use it in the first place?

    June 29, 2023

    Body mass index has long been used by doctors as the standard method for measuring health — and often still is. But earlier this month,…

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