Crackdown on illegal weight-loss drugs leaves patients stranded
Recent regulatory and legal action against pharmacies illegally compounding GLP-1 weight-loss medicines has affected up to 300 000 South Africans.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has urged consumers to be cautious when purchasing weightloss medicine online and only buy from accredited pharmacies.“There are hundreds of thousands of South Africans, wanting to go on this weight-loss journey but they just simply can’t afford the R4000 to R6000.
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