It lowers their blood sugar and reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes among those who also have heart disease. Ozempic has been available on the NHS since 2019 whereas Wegovy was approved only this month. The Wegovy version is specifically designed to help people lose weight while a different formula, branded Ozempic, is solely targeted at patients with type 2 diabetes. It is self-administered once a week with pre-filled pens straight into the stomach, thigh or upper arm. Legitimate semaglutide works by hijacking the brain to suppress appetite and reduce calorie intake, resulting in substantial weight loss. 'We would advise that any decisions made regarding treatment options should always be made in consultation with a healthcare professional and require strict medical supervision.' selling without requiring prescription) on websites, marketplaces or social media, Novo Nordisk systematically assesses the best course of action, which can include attempting to removing these from the internet or further investigating them.' MailOnline approached Mr Dennis for comment.Ī Novo Nordisk spokesperson said: 'Where Novo Nordisk is made aware of illicit online offering for its medicines (e.g. 'We work to identify those unlawfully trading in medicines and will use our powers to take appropriate enforcement action, including, where necessary, prosecuting those who put your health at risk.' 'Taking such medicines may put your health at risk. Mr Dennis has not revealed where he gets his semaglutide, only saying he sources it from America Neither is Raw Supplements on a list of websites run by the UK drugs watchdog, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), that are allowed to sell medicines online.Ī MHRA spokesperson said: 'Buying medicines other than from reputable suppliers significantly increases your risk of getting a medicine which is not licensed for use in the UK, meaning that there are no safeguards that they meet our quality and safety standards. Mr Dennis is not a registered pharmacist according to the British regulator the General Pharmaceutical Council database. ![]() 'Prescription-only medicines are potent and should only be taken under medical supervision which otherwise can lead to severe side effects, or even death.' 'There’s certainly an increased demand for weight loss drugs, but anyone who sells these medicines illegally could be exploiting vulnerable people, and clearly has no regard for their health or welfare. 'It is a serious criminal offence to sell controlled, unlicensed or prescription-only medicines to the public in this way,' he said. Kevin Joshua a UK registered pharmacist labelled Mr Dennis's behaviour as 'incredibly dangerous and irresponsible'. His company Raw Supplements UK is registered as business involved in the sale of 'sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles' and he boasts on social media that he has 10 'employees'. In another post, he claims to have 'thousands of customers' taking his semaglutide and even offers to travel to buyers and let them try the injectable drug themselves. Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company that makes Wegovy and other semaglutide medications like Ozempic for diabetics, says it is 'unknown' if taking it with other weight loss products is safe. Mr Dennis also advises taking other weight-loss products advertised on his website in combination with semaglutide to burn even more fat. The official drug information for Wegovy states that people prescribed it should start at at 0.25mg per week and then increasing the dosage in stages, reaching a level of 1.7mg per week about four months into taking it.īut it is prescription only and will remain so when it eventually comes onto the British market legitimately in the coming weeks.Īs such, and under UK law, offering any product containing semaglutide without a prescription is illegal. On one post, he says he personally takes '1.5mg' of the drug every four to five days as well as describing how to prepare it. This post was made to seek to reassure prospective buyers he was not supplying them with 'cheap Chinese stuff'.ĭespite the assurances on Raw Supplements UK that 'We do not provide advice on how to administer this product under UK law’, Mr Dennis does so frequently on his social media accounts. He has stated that he gets it '100 vials at a time' from a source in 'America' on a social media post seen by MailOnline. ![]() It is unclear if Mr Dennis is actually selling legitimate semaglutide or another kind of substance. ![]() Semaglutide, the so called 'miracle' ingredient behind the weight loss jab Wegovy is being flogged online by unscrupulous sellers to Brits desperate to lose weight in bottles labelled 'not for human consumption' and for 'research only'īut some buyers who claim to have taken the drug have reported being 'bed bound and throwing up' for two days.
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