Fat jab price rise could fuel surge in dangerous fakes

Steroid dealers using social media and beauty salons to sell cheap Chinese copies of weight-loss drugs, experts warn

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Steroid dealers using social media and beauty salons to sell cheap Chinese copies of weight-loss drugs, experts warn

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Pharmacists fear rise in sale of dangerous counterfeit medicines as drugmaker triples price of prescription

independent.co.uk9 mesi fa

As texts and social media offer cheap offers, buying from unverified sellers can cause serious health problems

theguardian.com6 mesi fa

Weight-loss jab users admitted they would buy the drugs on social media or from a retailer who is not a registered manufacturer…

independent.co.uk4 mesi fa

Scores of dealers based in the UK and China are using social media to openly advertise their cut-price illegal fat jabs to…

dailymail.co.uk11 mesi fa

Doctor warns buying weight loss drugs from illegitimate sources like social media could be ‘life-threatening’

independent.co.uk2 mesi fa

Almost half of the 1.6 million people using weight-loss jabs admit to either trying dosing ‘hacks’, or turning to unlicensed…

independent.co.uk3 mesi fa