UK warning over internet suntan product

Unlicensed products being advertised and sold in the UK as Melanotan are the subject of a warning from the MHRA, the country's medicines regulator. The injectable products have been offered in tanning salons and body-building gyms and work by increasing levels of melanin, resulting in the appearance of a suntan.

Unlicensed products being advertised and sold in the UK as Melanotan are the subject of a warning from the MHRA, the country's medicines regulator. The injectable products have been offered in tanning salons and body-building gyms and work by increasing levels of melanin, resulting in the appearance of a suntan.

The MHRA says none of these products has been tested for safety, quality or effectiveness and that there is no...

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