Online scammers are using platforms such as TikTok to sell dangerous fake weight-loss drugs to desperate diabetes patients hit by a medication shortage, as England’s prescription watchdog faces further pressure to approve a breakthrough jab.
In trials, a third of type 2 diabetics on the new drug, tirzepatide, shed more than 20 per cent of their body weight after just over a year and saw their blood sugars brought in check. The average person with obesity weighing 16.5 st (105