Wow, this is a whole new level of hysteria about these medications.
What we do know is that the vast majority of people legitimately prescribed WLIs use them as prescribed, by reputable, professional and ethical pharmacies either online or in person, with very few if any side effects (and most of these are mild gastrointestinal ones like constipation or diarrhea which can be easily sorted with otc medications). Yes, like most medications, there are some contraindications and, sadly, a very, very small number of people will develop more serious complications from using them. Many of these people would have developed these if they'd lost significant weight in the traditional way (eg gallstones and pancreatitis). And yes, like laxatives, water tablets and certain cough remedies, WLI, obtained illegally, can be misused by people with eating disorders or who don't meet the current BMI restrictions (but at least you can't get them from the counter in Tesco's, eh?).
The prescribing guidelines are strict and pharmacies are falling over themselves to find ways to further tighten their procedures to lock out misusers and to safeguard their patients. My own uses videos consultations. It's in their business interests to do so, they'll soon get shut down if they prescribe irresponsibly.
Yet it's not enough apparently. Some people, who have shown here they actually know very little about how the current set-up actually works, want users to pay for in-person consults with Boots or Bupa or wherever - I'm sure companies like these are salivating every time there's another misinformed scare story in the Daily Mail.
Honestly, you'd think we were discussing synthetic heroin or barbiturates or DIY chemotherapy or something. Christ, you don't even need a doctor's appointment to get the morning after pill or Viagra now. So why are some people so determined to make life even more difficult than it already is for obese people (just to protect someone who shouldn't be taking the drug anyway? Really? I call BS)