Irish patients who rely on supplies of the popular drug Mounjaro from the North are being hit by hefty price hikes. Faced with these costs, many are turning to black market sources, with potentially dangerous results
‘It is driving inequality, people with money can pay for it, whereas people who don’t have money can’t’- obesity expert Dr Michael Crotty on the problem facing those who cannot afford so called ‘skinny jabs’
By now it is evident that weight loss drugs for the treatment of obesity are not just a medication, but a major societal disruptor.
One in eight Americans is now thought to have used a GLP-1 agonist , the drug that mimics the action of a natural hormone released by the body after eating.