# The silent rise of self-prescribed semaglutide use among non-obese young adults in the Middle East.

> PubMed lists PMID 42487380 in Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit as Letter, with publication-date metadata of 2026-06-28 (day precision). PeptideScanner associated the retained record with the identity slug semaglutide. These fields reproduce attributed bibliographic metadata and do not summarize or endorse the article's findings.

- Evidence object: `story:pubmed-pmid-42487380-semaglutide:v1`
- Evidence domain: Literature metadata
- Date in source: 2026-07-23
- Source checked: 2026-08-10
- Published by PeptideScanner: 2026-08-13
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- JSON record: https://peptidescanner.com/evidence/v1/objects/pubmed-pmid-42487380-semaglutide-v1.json
- Content SHA-256: `c9ef835e9b90cd31a5463711abb85985d5a53a22867211176c913d0fdeddb2a5`

## Claims and source pins

### Headline

The silent rise of self-prescribed semaglutide use among non-obese young adults in the Middle East. ([`pubmed-observation-pmid-42487380-2026-07-23-23f4664a58be`](#source-pubmed-observation-pmid-42487380-2026-07-23-23f4664a58be))

### Summary

PubMed lists PMID 42487380 in Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit as Letter, with publication-date metadata of 2026-06-28 (day precision). PeptideScanner associated the retained record with the identity slug semaglutide. These fields reproduce attributed bibliographic metadata and do not summarize or endorse the article's findings. ([`pubmed-observation-pmid-42487380-2026-07-23-23f4664a58be`](#source-pubmed-observation-pmid-42487380-2026-07-23-23f4664a58be))

### Paragraph 1

PubMed lists PMID 42487380 in Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit as Letter, with publication-date metadata of 2026-06-28 (day precision). PeptideScanner associated the retained record with the identity slug semaglutide. These fields reproduce attributed bibliographic metadata and do not summarize or endorse the article's findings. ([`pubmed-observation-pmid-42487380-2026-07-23-23f4664a58be`](#source-pubmed-observation-pmid-42487380-2026-07-23-23f4664a58be))

### Paragraph 2

This page reproduces bounded bibliographic metadata attributed to PubMed. Its title and publication details are source metadata, not PeptideScanner's endorsement or an assertion of safety, efficacy, or scientific truth. ([`pubmed-observation-pmid-42487380-2026-07-23-23f4664a58be`](#source-pubmed-observation-pmid-42487380-2026-07-23-23f4664a58be))

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- **The silent rise of self-prescribed semaglutide use among non-obese young adults in the Middle East. · retained source version 1:2026-07-23:current:23f4664a58be15d09ef51e43564a4d2a4ae11e80dfc469ccdb96966ddd06d5a6** — PubMed; class A. [Open source](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42487380/) (`pubmed-observation-pmid-42487380-2026-07-23-23f4664a58be`)

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PeptideScanner. "The silent rise of self-prescribed semaglutide use among non-obese young adults in the Middle East." Version 1, published 2026-08-13. https://peptidescanner.com/evidence/v1/objects/pubmed-pmid-42487380-semaglutide-v1.json SHA-256: c9ef835e9b90cd31a5463711abb85985d5a53a22867211176c913d0fdeddb2a5.