{"id":579739,"date":"2026-08-02T03:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/579739\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T03:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:34:09","slug":"hairdressers-selling-ozempic-sas-wild-weight-loss-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/579739\/","title":{"rendered":"Hairdressers selling \u2018Ozempic\u2019: SA\u2019s wild weight loss market\ufeff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gettyimages-2256224649.jpeg\" alt=\"A recent high-profile court judgment halting a Pretoria pharmacy from selling GLP-1 drugs at scale has seemingly done little to stem the tide of a growing illicit industry. \" height=\"745\" width=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    A recent high-profile court judgment halting a Pretoria pharmacy from selling GLP-1 drugs at scale has seemingly done little to stem the tide of a growing illicit industry.\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                        Peter Dazeley\/Getty Images\n                    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A recent high-profile court judgment halting a Pretoria pharmacy from selling GLP-1 drugs at scale has seemingly done&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[72,8847,113,5871,103,396,61,16075,60,22267,4537,1529,371,244467,10416,26641],"class_list":["post-579739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-business","tag-companies","tag-economy","tag-glp-1s","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-ie","tag-international-news","tag-ireland","tag-jse","tag-know","tag-local-news","tag-medication","tag-news24-sunday","tag-novo-nordisk","tag-sunday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}