Doctors warn unplanned 'Ozempic babies' may be harmed by weight-loss drugs
Doctors are warning babies may be harmed by weight-loss drugs, amid an apparent rise in women struggling with fertility becoming pregnant while using the medication.
Weight-loss drug semaglutide - available in the UK under the brand Wegovy - was developed to help minimise the symptoms of type two diabetes or manage long term weight loss in people struggling with obesity.
It comes as a pre-filled injector pen, which patients inject themselves with once a week, and has been hailed as a “game-changer” in the fight against obesity.
It has been available in the UK since September, and
