Warning over Mounjaro ‘golden dose’ as users panic over shortages and soaring prices
Experts have issued a warning to Mounjaro users about the attempts to squeeze the extra doses of weight loss from the syringes envisaged.
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly pays for a four -week dose of four -week medication injected from “Kwickpen üz under the weight loss plans established through pharmacies.
However, some users are now releasing fluids, which aim to prepare before each injection into the pen to create a “fifth dose özen called“ gold dose ..
Since the UK prepares a price increase for the drug next month, it seems to decide to take precautions despite the warnings from the existing famines, more people.
Social media groups are full of users who share experiences and questions about the process, youtube videos give a step -by -step guide. “Gold Dose Pistons” can be purchased on Ebay in England.
Olivier Picard, President of the National Pharmacy Association, Independent The method was “completely inappropriate” and “very concern ılan, which called it potentially dangerous for users.
He said that he heard the stories of people who use pliers to reach the product.
“You have a danger of adding plastic, even glass, and then not knowing the exact measurement of the drug – people who do this cannot be sure what they have achieved,” he said.
“There is no such thing as gold dose, not part of the prescribed drug, and the attempt to achieve it is completely inappropriate.
“I know the concern of people, but they should talk to a pharmacist and seek guidance in social media groups.”
Picard, who carries out his own pharmacy, said the application is not within the scope of the UK’s license and that it would affect the insurance about getting the product of the attempt to do so.
Warning, drug producer Eli Lilly, on Monday, September 1 before the price increase before the British wholesalers came to the suspension of Jab’s sales.
With the highest dose supply expected to rise from one month to £ 122 to £ 330, there was an increase in demand for drugs that restrict sales of users’ stocks and large pharmacies.
On Thursday, SuperDrug was among the companies that did not have the stock of Mounjaro. A spokesman told Independent He blamed the “extremely high demand ,, but the company said that he hoped to start accepting new orders from next week.
Meanwhile, users in social media groups are discussing the “gold dose” this week. One person wrote: “He may only need to take a gold dose while waiting for my next delivery.”
Together with Mr. Picard, large pharmacies warned against the application.
ASDA said that taking the “fifth dose ç can intervene in the prescription plan and that users could worse the side effects because they do not know the amount they have injected. Pharmacy, taking a lot of things, disease, constipation or diarrhea can lead to, he said.
Family chemist online pharmacy wrote: “Although this extra fluid seems to be an extra opportunity, it should never be used. Immortal and insecure, this extra dose can lead to dangerous side effects.
“Stay loyal to the prescribed doses and throw it safely when finished.”
Eli Lilly’s spokesman said Independent: “Mounjaro Kwikpen is designed to offer a fixed Mounjaro solution at any dose.
“KWikpen contains sufficient solution to allow the necessary preparation before each injection and giving a total of 4 doses.
“After four fixed doses, the drug will remain on the KWikpen cartridge, but an additional full dose cannot be sought. Kwikpen should be discarded after four doses or 30 days after the first use.”
