Medication

Haverim L'Refuah reports a 20% surge in medication assistance requests over the past year, with over 7,000 patients relying on the association monthly as medical costs rise.

A new once-daily weight-loss pill, orforglipron (Foundayo), is expected to launch in Israel this September, offering a non-injectable alternative for obesity management.

MADA teams were called this morning to Beit Shemesh following a report of three sisters who, according to their family, consumed a large quantity of medication. They were evacuated in stable condition to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. Experts remind parents to keep medications and dangerous substances out of children's reach.

Parents of an 8-year-old boy with developmental delays and epilepsy claim that negligence during pregnancy monitoring caused liver failure in the mother, who gave birth at 30 weeks. They are demanding at least 2.5 million shekels.

The HMOs received a British alternative to the drug "Slow-Derlin" in an 80 mg dosage, after Maariv exposed months of shortage. The drug is intended, among other things, for migraines, blood pressure, and tremors; availability should be checked and treatment should not be changed without consultation.

Tzofit Grant-Rand shared her reaction to the online backlash following her confession about her health condition and clarified the controversy regarding her refusal of medication: "I am not against medication, but in my case, I know that when I enter crises, I have a lot of tools."

Tzofit Grant shared on a podcast that over the past year, her cardiologist suggested she take psychiatric medication to cope with emotional stress.