Women in the UK are encouraged to use effective contraception if they use weight loss by people of people who use the medication after dozens of reports of unintended pregnancies.
The Medicines And Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Warning said that women who take popular “lean jabs”, such as Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy, must “use a barrier form of contraception and should not be dependent on oral contraception.”
The warning comes after the agency has received 40 reports with regard to unintended pregnancies while such weight loss drugs are used.
Ying Cheong, a consultant in reproductive medicine at the University of Southampton, called the MHRA advice “both timely and necessary”.
“Gastrointestinal side effects such as vomiting and diarrhea can influence oral contraception absorption, increasing the risk of unintended pregnancy,” she said.
The MHRA warning insisted in women to “use effective contraception while taking these medicines and, in some cases, for a maximum of two months between stopping the medicine and trying to get pregnant.”
It also made it clear that these drugs “should not be taken during pregnancy while they try to get pregnant or during breastfeeding.”
“Everyone who gets pregnant while using them must talk to his caregiver and stop the medicine as quickly as possible … Because there are not enough safety data to know if taking the drug can cause damage to the baby,” it added.
Dr. Alison Cave, MHRA Chief Safety Officer said: “Skinny Jabs are medicines that his permit to treat specific medical conditions and may not be used as aesthetic or cosmetic treatments.”
“They are not a quick solution to lose weight and are not rated as safe when they are used in this way,”
she added.
Rebecca Reynolds, a professor in metabolic medicine at the University of Edinburgh, said that there were “hardly available data from Human Studies” to know whether the drugs for weight loss were safe during pregnancy.
“The data from animal studies suggest the potential for damage with a low birth weight and skeletal abnormalities, although more evidence is needed to assess whether there are risks to take these medicines in people,” she added.
One expert says that there are not enough available data to know whether the drugs for weight loss were safe during pregnancy. ((ABC News/Evan Young))
The MHRA also warned of the impact of a different weight loss and diabetes injection, Mounjaro, of the effectiveness of oral contraception for overweight people.
“Those who take Mounjaro who are overweight and use an oral form of contraception are advised to also use a non-oral form of contraception,” said it.
The MHRA has also added a reminder to people that these medicines “should not be purchased from non -regulated sellers such as beauty salons or via social media”, or without an AA recipe taken from a doctor.
“This not only exposes people who want to lose weight to serious health risks, it is also against the law to sell these medicines in this way,” said the statement.
ABC/AFP
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