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Using semaglutide as a fertility aid is risky and might cause harm during pregnancy, British scientists have warned.
U.K. scientists warn effects of semaglutide on fertility remain uncertain — as do the risks of using the drug and pregnancy.Being overweight or obese can impact periods, ovulation and the implantation of immature eggs, said Nerys Astbury, a senior researcher in diet and obesity at the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences.
It might be the case that there’s “nothing special about the drug — but the effect the drug has on promoting weight loss,” she said. Semaglutide has caused “pregnancy complications and abnormalities in animal studies, and so women planning to be pregnant should be advised not take them,” she said.
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