News · 9 March 2026
Drug Agency Learns of Two Deaths Tied to Weight Jabs
People using weight-loss injections may have safety questions after two Northern Irish deaths were reported to the UK's drug agency. The MHRA received these reports, part of over 500 suspected adverse reactions concerning GLP-1 medications in Northern Ireland in the last two years. A man and a woman, in their 40s and 60s, were the two deceased; one report involved Mounjaro.
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