With the price of Mounjaro to rise in September, some users are using leftover medication in syringes to create an extra dose
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With the price of Mounjaro to rise in September, some users are using leftover medication in syringes to create an extra dose
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Experts have issued a warning to Mounjaro users over attempts to squeeze extra doses of the weight-loss drug out of prescribed syringes.
Pharmacists fear rise in sale of dangerous counterfeit medicines as drugmaker triples price of prescription
Boots and Lloyds pharmacies among those running low after users stockpile drug ahead of price hike
Boots and Lloyds pharmacies are also impacted by the shortage of the weight-loss drug Mounjaro
Cost may increase as much as 170% from September, but patients warned against a quick switch to Wegovy
The rebate allays fears of a 170% price rise but patients are warned the cost of the drug will still jump.
At least 500,000 people in the UK take either Mounjaro or Wegovy, another weight-loss jab, through private prescriptions
Pharmacies turn patients away as Mounjaro shortages hit Britain
