Weighing the hype: What poisonings data reveals about the weight loss drug boom

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Authors

Jordan Miller · International Baccalaureate

Robert S Miller · Washington Poison Center

Shawn M. Varney · Shawnee Mission Medical Center

David K. Han · Defense Information Systems Agency

Abstract

Abstract As new GLP-1 weight-loss injections like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro reshape medicine and culture, Jordan G. Miller, Robert S. Miller, Shawn M. Varney and David Han demonstrate how US poison centres are quietly documenting the growing pains of a pharmaceutical revolution

Topics & Keywords

Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Significance

Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 10-13

DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmag007

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