There are gaping holes in the FDA's oversight of DTC [direct-to-consumer] promotions that are being exploited on social media at the expense of children and patients.
A Bloomberg Law report highlighted troubling examples of patients asking their doctor to prescribe Ozempic after seeing 'good reviews' on TikTok, with representations of 'women ... losing weight, feeling great, and eating less without severe side effects.' However, they quickly experienced vomiting, sickness, bleeding, and lingering pain - side effects that they believe were not adequately acknowledged in the social media promotions they saw.
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