Swedish regulator asks doctors not to prescribe diabetes drugs for weight loss
Sweden's drugs agency on Monday asked doctors to hold off on prescribing diabetes drugs for the treatment of obesity, pointing to signs that a spike in such usage has left diabetics short of medication. World number one diabetes drug maker Novo Nordisk, and more recently also Eli Lily, are seeing demand soar for weight-loss drugs that are of a class originally designed to treat type 2 diabetes. The Swedish Medicines Agency said in a statement it urged doctors to prescribe specifically intended d