For instance, following online conversations with their USA lippy sisters, the newly registered NHS wonder jab for obesity, semaglutide (Ozempic or Wegovy), has been procured on private prescription by many UK lipoedema patients for years for its useful, off ticket side-effect of weight loss, when it was only available on NHS prescription for type 2 diabetes in the UK
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Candidates for GLP1 weight loss medications typically have a body mass index (BMI) in the overweight or obese range and may have weightrelated health concerns such as prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, or elevated cholesterol
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