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Intense passion for swimming

Finding a lanky boy in a dark red T-shirt wandering around as though he had just returned from his regular daily swimming practice was obviously a total surprise. This  was not the case at all. He can't explain why he decided on routine swimming, despite his considerable height. He didn't appear to realise that the chlorine in the water would turn his face dark. He and two other older boys were swimming without realising this important fact. This will continue for a minimum period of one full month, as was revealed. Every day, these three lads go to a nearby pool to practice swimming. But the younger one did not go for the usual practice  on the particular day since he had developed a slight cough, which was definitely learned following his smart disclosure in the night.  He seemed to be unaware of the fact that chlorine in the water would darken his fair face. Unaware of this significant reality, he and two others continued swimming. This  goes on regularly but sudd...

TGA & drugs ban

Therapeutic Goods Administration will move to ban compounding pharmacists from making their own versions of injectable weight loss drugs. 
This step has been undertaken due to concerns raised on the compounded products for not being safe or effective completely.

The skyrocketing demand for drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro are generally approved for diabetes and widely used off-label for weight loss. 

This has led to global supply problems and chronic shortages in Australia. 

Last year, the shortage was enabling Australian pharmacists to use a regulatory loophole to replicate the brand name drugs and ship them to consumers with a script across the country. 

Now the TGA has unveiled a proposal to stop pharmacists from being able to compound the GLP -1 type medications including semaglutide, the active ingredient in the drug Ozempic.

Would the drugs have been taken up this laxity in a new light? The patients will have the quick opportunity to take comfort in TikTok’s unabashed decision? Yes, because it had then be capably grasp the adverse reaction. 

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