Mounjaro and the Wegovy injection are available both privately and through NHS specialist services for those who meet eligibility criteria
Retatrutide is not approved by the MHRA for human use as of 2026 and does not appear on the register of authorised human medicines [6]
However, the use of preventive medication in a clinical trial setting also requires careful scientific and ethical considerations of the target population
It is often used when a patient has a specific allergy to a dye or preservative in a commercial drug, or when a patient requires a liquid version of a medication that only comes in pill form
GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE RECEPTOR AND GLUCOSE-DEPENDENT INSULINOTROPIC POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR AGONISTS These medications act by mimicking endogenous incretins peptide hormones secreted by the gastrointestinal system, controlled by neural mechanisms
For example, signaling through the chemokine receptor, CCR2, or Fc receptor promote inflammation through upregulation of the IL-6 pathway, leading to activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) by ischemic endothelium (Arbaizar-Rovirosa et al., 2023)