Streeting’s slimming drug is already causing a hospital ‘surge’ | SKWAWKBOX
Wes Streeting’s slimming drug is already causing a hospital ‘surge’, according to Skwawkbox.
It isn’t really a slimming drug, of course. The chemical going under the name Mounjaro is actually a treatment for diabetes.
And it has been implicated in the death of a nurse.
Streeting wants to roll it out across the UK in a bid to get obese people into work, after a trial scheme in Greater Manchester.
Now:
Even before Streeting begins to roll out his plan, the use of Tirzepatide and other slimming drugs has already led to hundreds of people being hospitalised because of side effects – four times higher number than the UK regulator has admitted so far. The total number of ‘adverse reactions’ is just under fifteen thousand – more than double the number admitted only a month ago.
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Advocates of the drug say the figures are driven by online sales and unsupervised use – but the numbers are a chilling reminder of what the consequences could be if the drug is rolled out to millions, particularly coercively as in the case of unemployed people facing benefit sanctions, or patients facing denial of treatment.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has refused to list all the reasons for hospital admissions or adverse reactions, but the drug’s known side effects include pancreatitis, which is potentially fatal, and Tirzepatide has been observed to cause cancers in animal studies.
This Writer has already stated my belief that no drug should be pressed on the public if it is known to have potentially fatal effects.
Given this new information, what do you think?
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Is this true? Remember that the drug is already authorised, trialled and tested for safety. Side effects, according to Mayo Clinic, are:
More common
Stomach pain
Less common
Difficulty in breathing or swallowing
fast heartbeat
gaseous stomach pain
heartburn
recurrent fever
skin itching, rash, or redness
stomach fullness
swelling of the face, throat, or tongue
vomiting
yellow eyes or skin
Incidence not known
Anxiety
bloating
blurred vision
change in vision
changes in behavior
chest tightness
chills
cold sweats
coma
confusion
constipation
cool, pale skin
cough
darkened urine
depression
dizziness
fast heartbeat
fever
increased hunger
indigestion
large, hive-like swelling on the face, eyelids, lips, tongue, throat, hands, legs, feet, or sex organs
loss of appetite
nausea
nervousness
nightmares
pains in the stomach, side, or abdomen, possibly radiating to the back
puffiness or swelling of the eyelids or around the eyes, face, lips, or tongue
seizures
shakiness
slurred speech
thoughts of harming oneself
unusual tiredness or weakness
Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas), history of—Use with caution. May make these conditions worse.Commenting to the Science Media Centre (SMC), Amanda Adler, MD, PhD, professor of diabetic medicine and health policy at the University of O (again, Mayo Clinic)
Commenting to the Science Media Centre (SMC), Amanda Adler, MD, PhD, professor of diabetic medicine and health policy at the University of Oxford, described the nurse’s death as “sad” but said that “whether or not it was related to tirzepatide may be difficult to prove”. While tirzepatide can be associated with uncommon problems such as acute pancreatitis, “one can develop acute pancreatitis for many other reasons as well”, she said.
Naveed Sattar, MD, PhD, professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow, noted that data from multiple trials of tirzepatide, involving around 10,000 people living with diabetes or obesity, “do not suggest a higher risk of pancreatitis”. Furthermore, “the data seem to show acceptable safety thus far and a range of benefits including sizeable average weight loss (near 20%), strong diabetes prevention, and considerable benefits in people living with sleep apnoea”, he told the SMC.
I’m reminded, in all of this, of the many scares we had from anti-vaxxers about the COVID vaccine. As of August 2024 13.53 billion doses have been given. We haven’t seen mass deaths from it as they warned and I don’t think we will from this either. I don’t doubt that people are going to the hospital who have previously had an injection of this drug but correlation does not equal causation..
No indeed – correlation does not equal causation. But that doesn’t mean we turn our faces away and ignore potentially serious issues.
Medical counselling is needed before such drugs are prescribed. Because and speaking from personal experience, if you don’t follow the instructions given you by a medical professional you will get ill.