drugs

When supplies resume, should governments subsidise drugs like Ozempic for weight reduction? We asked 5 experts

You’ve little question heard of Ozempic but have you ever heard of Wegovy? They’re each brand names of the drug…

7 months ago

US drugs regulator gives LSD ‘breakthrough’ status for treating anxiety – why that is so significant

LSD was by accident discovered by Albert Hofmann on the Sandoz pharmaceutical company in Switzerland in 1938. It was apparently…

7 months ago

No, popping up like Ozempic isn’t ‘cheating’ at weight reduction or the ‘easy way out’

Obesity medication that's effective has been a protracted time coming. Enter semaglutide (sold as Ozempic and Wegovy), which helps people…

7 months ago

Drugs like Ozempic won’t ‘cure’ obesity but they could make us more fat-phobic

Many have declared drugs like Ozempic could “end obesity” by reducing the appetite and waistlines of thousands and thousands of…

8 months ago

For people with mental illness, drugs and alcohol can be a key survival strategy. I’ve learned they shouldn’t have to ‘get clean’ to get treatment

  A decade ago, while working in a women’s prison, I met a young woman whose story would leave an…

8 months ago

Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly says two of its diabetes drugs are in brief supply – as hundreds of thousands of patients face weeks of chaos

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly announced a short lived shortage of two varieties of insulin, a medication taken by greater than…

8 months ago

How weight-reduction plan, weight suppression and even misuse of medicine like Ozempic can contribute to eating disorders

Up to 72 per cent of ladies and 61 per cent of men are dissatisfied with their weight or body…

9 months ago

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