Weight-loss jabs linked to five deaths in Scotland
The jabs were developed to suppress appetite among obese patients with type 2 diabetes but have become more commonly used as a quick-fix diet aid.
Last year a Scottish nurse, Susan McGowan, was the first person in the UK whose death was directly linked to the prescription-only medication.
Now, however, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has said it has received five reports of fatalities linked to weight-loss jabs north of the border.
The watchdog said in March that it had been notified 361 times since January last year of patients in Scotland who have suffered illness after taking the drugs.
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