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Obesity: Drugs |
| Question ID: |
1816764 |
| UIN: |
HL8848 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
655 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
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Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether there are any serious side effects from taking weight-loss drugs, including Wegovy and Mounjaro; and if so, whether those side effects have been made public. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-04 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) continually monitors the safety of all medicines, including weight loss drugs, such as Wegovy (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirzepatide), which belong to a group of medicines known as the GLP-1 ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |