Editorial JCM 142

Forget the Information Age, we have entered … the Ozempic Era. Here in the UK more and more of my patients and friends who struggle with their weight have either started on – or want a Chinese medicine-informed opinion on – GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs (aka ‘fat jabs’ – the preposterously-named Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro etc). As a dyed-in-the-wool Chinese medicine physician it irks me to admit it, but boy, do they work* (*after a fashion – see below).