Do you have to take the weight loss injection forever?

New “weight loss injections” such as Ozempic and Wegovy are currently making headlines. Originally used to treat type 2 diabetes, they cause significant weight loss. In the UK, prescriptions for these drugs have been limited to two years. Barbara McGowan, obesity specialist from the St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation in London, criticizes this in the “British Medical Journal”: “Obesity is a chronic disease.