TikTok weight loss trend helps drive global shortage of type 2 diabetes drug

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TikTok weight loss trend helps drive global shortage of type 2 diabetes drug

By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy Reporter
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A global surge in demand for the use of GLP-1 agonist drugs for weight loss has seen many users taking to social media platforms like TikTok to promote them. Photo: LDR / Supplied
A global supply shortage of GLP-1 agonist drugs - expected to last until next year - has seen manufacturer Lilly ask New Zealand health care providers, LDR logo horizontal