Semaglutide Poisoning Reports Jump 1,500 Percent as People Accidentally Overdose

Poisoning related to semaglutide, a medication used for weight loss and diabetes, saw a massive jump this year as many people took incorrect doses of the drug. Between January and November, American poison control centers received almost 3,000 calls involving semaglutide, according to a Dec. 13 report from CNN. This is a 15-fold increase from 2019. In 94 percent of the calls, semaglutide was the only substance reported. Kait Brown, clinical managing director of the association, pointed out that most people who called poison control centers reported dosing errors. “Oftentimes, it’s a person who maybe accidentally took a double dose or took the wrong dose,” she told CNN....