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Pharmacy regulator warns some people with history of eating disorders wrongly obtaining medicines such as Wegovy or Mounjaro

Online pharmacies will now have to employ stricter checks to stop people who are already a healthy weight or have a history of eating disorders buying weight-loss jabs. They will no longer be able to dispense the medication, sold under brand names such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, to patients who have just completed online questionnaires or sent photos.

People wanting to buy weight loss jabs online will face more stringent checks as part of a shake-up of UK pharmacy rules. The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has told online pharmacies they can no longer prescribe the drugs after reading a patient questionnaire,

Changes are coming into force which will make it harder to buy weight loss medication, such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, online – a move that eating disorder charities have praised as a vital step towards keeping vulnerable people safer.