Drug Topics April 18, 2025
Luke Turnock, PhD, MSc, discussed current trends in the promotion of lifestyle enhancement drugs for populations they are not approved for.
Luke Turnock, PhD, MSc, has done extensive research on prescription drug markets and how these products have been promoted on social media in recent history. He’s specifically versed in the promotion of weight-loss medications, testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), and sexual enhancement products. Throughout his research, he and his colleagues have uncovered an alarming normalization of these products that can potentially lead to poor outcomes for many consumers globally.
We had a chance to catch up with Turnock, who began his discussion touching on glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs for weight loss.
“The [weight-loss drugs] people are buying [are] semaglutide, which...
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