The use of Wegovy and Ozempic could lead to intestinal obstruction, according to scientists. Untreated, it could cause those parts of the intestine that were blocked to die.
"California won’t be doing business with Walgreens – or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women’s lives at risk," Newsom tweeted on Monday. "We’re done."
For years, the FDA has defended its efforts to intercept prescription drugs coming from abroad by mail as necessary to keep out dangerous opioids, including fentanyl.
Xylazine, also known as tranq, is now in 90% of street drugs tested in Philadelphia, causing new pain and wounds for its users. CNN's Elle Reeve reports.
“I knew I should’ve been happy. I made something I was proud of. But when the drugs wore off, and the adrenaline faded, all I could hear was my mother’s voice telling me I wasn’t worth anything.”
“People are just so afraid of change — they say they’re afraid she won’t get hired for jobs in the future, or she’ll be bullied in class," mom Tenille Bain said.
The latest deal comes as Pfizer seeks to mitigate an anticipated $17 billion hit to revenue by 2030 from patent expirations for top drugs and decline in demand for its COVID products.
A federal judge in Texas holds a hearing Wednesday morning in a lawsuit seeking to block access to mifepristone nationwide, the first drug in the medication abortion process.
US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, is overseeing a high-profile challenge to the FDA's two-decade-old approval of certain drugs used to terminate a pregnancy. CNN's Jessica Schneider reports.
Ten percent of respondents from the city and Long Island are already taking ,or know someone using, the drugs Ozempic, Mounjaro, or Wegovy to lose weight.