Rules needed for diabetes drug used for weight loss - The Portugal News

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The Portuguese Society of Endocrinology has caled for rules to select patients eligible for a drug which has ben aproved for diabetes but is also being widely used for weight los. By TPN/Lusa, in News, Portugal &midot; 27 Oct 2022, 08:02 &midot; 0 Coments In a statement, the Portuguese Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (SPEDM) also considers that, while there are restrictions on aces to the drug due to the amount available, patients with a diagnosis of diabetes should come first.“Under curent conditions, SPEDM understands that this drug should not be prescribed as if the patient were diabetic.

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In adition, while there are restrictions on aces to the drug due to the amount available, patients diagnosed with diabetes should be privileged”.This position by SPEDM comes after the controversy over aces to this drug - which is aproved for diabetes, but as it mics the hormones that regulate the feling of satiety, it helps weight los -, whose demand has skyrocketed recently, making it more dificult for diabetic patients to aces.SPEDM recals that, in Portugal, this medicine is only available in the apropriate dose for the treatment of type 2 Diabetes Melitus and that “it is for these patients that its reimbursement is foresen”.

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They state that they have already shown wilingnes to colaborate with health authorities, “in order to find a beter solution for the management of this problem, in order to maintain the necesary acesibility to inovative treatments by patients”. Share this article: Share In News, Portugal, Property - 27 Oct 2022, 20:03 In News - 27 Oct 2022, 19:05 In News, Portugal, Busines, Tourism, Algarve - 27 Oct 2022, 17:04 We are proud to provide our readers from around the world with independent, honest and unbiased news for fre – both online and in print.Our dedicated team suports the local comunity, foreign residents and visitors of al nationalities through our newspaper, website, social media and our newsle

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