Tirzepatide’s compulsory prescription drug recently approved and is also circulated in our country to deal with obesity and slimmingdoctors ask for physicians.
The Professional Association of Pathologists of Greece (EPEP) states that the use of the drug with the active substance Tirzepatide (commercial name Mounjaro), aimed at slimming patients, requires medical guidance as it has undesirable reactions Like all medicines and for this reason, it is prescribed and not its free disposal by pharmacies.
“We ask the AEO and the Ministry of Health the immediate integration of Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) into the electronic prescription system, as is the case with other medicines in this category. We consider that there is an urgent need to inform the public and to take regulatory measures from the state, “the physicians specifically emphasize, adding that access to the drug should only be done after medical assessment, with full informed patients about indications, contraindications, but also monitoring of treatment, reports iatropedia.gr.
It should be noted that Tirzepatide is an injectable drug indicated for the management of type 2 diabetes and obesity (MSI greater than 30).
Undesirable reactions
Despite its effectiveness, physicians say, the drug is a powerful GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist, with complex action mechanisms and potentially serious side effects.
Possible side effects or side effects from the use of the drug include, inter alia:
- Severe gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, diarrhea, constipation, vomiting)
- Hypoglycaemia combined with other anti -diabetic
- Disorders in digestion and absorption of drugs
- Confusion
These side effects can be identified in time and treated only when there is proper medical guidance and monitoring.
“His free disposal from pharmacies without the demand for electronic medical prescription may encourage self -sustaining citizens, often for” lifestyle “reasons, without the necessary medical monitoring, which poses serious public health risks. The risks concern both people who take it for cosmetic reasons, and especially to people who need it for medical reasons and may not find it, due to high demand, as has happened in the past with other medicines in the class. Citizens’ safety is. The effectiveness of modern drugs depends on their proper use, not on their uncontrolled availability, “the physicians conclude.