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Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya (PSK) warned Gachau Njoroge against discussing or promoting health products, particularly those requiring prescriptions.
Across the world, celebrities have openly and sometimes controversially credited drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro for their weight loss transformations.
Ozempic has become shorthand for effort-free weight loss. Marketed online as the miracle jab that melts fat without sweat, it is the new code among the fit and fabulous.
What started as a medical solution to diabetes has exploded into a worldwide weight-loss trend, with demand skyrocketing as users increasingly turn to it for slim-down shortcuts
Once celebrated as a breakthrough injection for managing type 2 diabetes, the drug gained worldwide fame when celebrities and influencers began promoting it as a quick way to slim down.
Pharmacy and Poisons Board cautions public against using semaglutide, also known as Ozempic for weight loss, says it's a prescription-only-drug for treating type 2 diabetes.
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