Americans are reportedly overdosing by accident on a weight-loss drug after poison centers recorded a more than 1,500% increase in the number of cases.
According to the data from January to November, around a 1,500% increase in calls were related to semaglutide, totaling almost 3,000 incidents in these few months.
Poison control centers across the US say they are seeing a steep increase in calls related to semaglutide, an injected medication used for diabetes and weight loss, with some people reporting symptoms related to accidental overdoses.
Yesterday began the 28th U.N. Climate Change Conference (or COP28), whose plenary session opened with a troubling report that 2023 will almost assuredly be the warmest on record, capping nine consecutive years that have also been the warmest on record.
It helps to have a pharmacy alumna on the Town Council. Laura Hyatt 90, who has practiced retail pharmacy for 30 years after graduating from the MUSC College of Pharmacy,