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Medical Council warns doctors against using diabetes drug for weight loss

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Obesity specialists say council’s advice is inaccurate and discriminates against their patients

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The Irish Endocrine Society, which includes doctors treating patients with weight issues, says the guidance discriminates against people with obesity and should be clarified. Prof Francis Finucane, consultant endocrinologist at University Hospital Galway, has more than 3,000 patients at his obesity clinic on Ozempic. “This suggests the treatment of diabetes is more important than the treatment of obesity, which is ethically and morally problematic,” he told The Irish Times.

 

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