‘People don’t realise the dangers’: Warning after hundreds of semaglutide overdoses
Around 7% of calls followed deliberate misuse of semaglutide for weight loss, according to the NSW Poisons Information Centre.
The social media frenzy around semaglutide may have contributed to dozens of overdoses, says a leading endocrinologist, with poisons information centres seeing a spike in calls relating to medication errors.
The NSW Poisons Information Centre said it had received around 120 calls related to semaglutide (Ozempic) in the 12 months to October 2023.
