Women taking weight-loss jabs are being warned they must use effective contraception.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued its first alert to the public regarding contraception and weight loss and diabetes jabs following concerns they may not be used safely.
The injections have been previously linked to a “baby boom”, with women reporting online that they have had surprise “Ozempic babies” despite using contraception.
To date, the MHRA has received more than 40 reports relating to pregnancy among women on the drugs.
There are also warnings over a lack of evidence for pregnancy safety for the jabs, which include Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy, Saxenda and Victoza.
The MHRA said the drugs – which are glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 or GLP-1 RAs) – must not be taken…