‘I was diagnosed with deadly condition after taking weight-loss jab offered on NHS’

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Exclusive: Julie Bishop lost two-and-a-half stone in eight weeks by taking Mounjaro before she was sent to hospital with pancreatitis and told to stop taking the weight-loss jab

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A woman says she was diagnosed with potentially life-threatening pancreatitis less than two months after starting to take the weight-loss jab Mounjaro.

Julie Bishop, 55, decided to buy the drug online as part of a £120-a-month subscription after exhausting other avenues to lose weight.