Can medications used for weight loss be risky?

Any self-medication can have serious consequences, health workers say

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Medications that some people abuse to lose weight overnight can also pose health risks.

A drug primarily intended for the treatment of diabetes, which helps to lose weight more easily, is already being used in our country, and a new anti-obesity drug will be sold from September.

However, health workers emphasize that they can only be taken with a prescription, because any self-medication can have serious consequences. Svetozar Šćekić reports that side effects of weight loss drugs have been reported to the Institute of Public Health.

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