The 'Fat Pill' Guzzlers ; Prescriptions Pass the Million Mark

Daily MailFebruary 04, 2008

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DOCTORS wrote more than a million prescriptions for obesity drugs last year - eight times the number dispensed nine years ago.

In 1999, GPs issued 127,000 prescriptions to help overweight patients lose weight on the NHS.

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The 'Fat Pill' Guzzlers ; Prescriptions Pass the Million Mark

But figures from The Information Centre for health and social care reveal 1.06million were given out last year, c...

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