Weight loss jabs like Mounjaro and Wegovy have now been linked to at least 216 UK deaths, the Daily Mail can reveal.
The majority of victims are those who’ve used tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Mounjaro – which has been dubbed the ‘King Kong’ of slimming injections.
Government figures also show a startling rise in deaths, with annual jab fatalities leaping by 300 per cent between 2024 and 2025 – from 22 to 94.
Meanwhile, a total of 150,000 adverse reactions have been associated with the drugs since the earliest recorded figure in 2010 – 18,000 of which were serious or fatal.
Most of these involve conditions affecting the gastrointestinal system, such as inflammation of the pancreas known as pancreatitis and gastroparesis, or stomach paralysis.
The tallies, obtained via an analysis of official drug safety data, come days after an inquest heard that a 73-year-old British grandmother died after increasing her dose of Mounjaro.
Caroline Savage’s death was said to be caused by faecal peritonitis, whereby bacteria leaks into the abdomen via a hole in the bowel.
This often triggers life-threatening sepsis, and is fatal in half of patients who develop it.