Feckin furious about skinny jabs

It's not even clear what you want from this thread, let alone why you're being so aggressive to other posters.

What specific medication is that for?

OP is afraid of litigation I suspect and won’t name the company.

They don't prescribe for BMI under 30 unless there are additional health requirements and for those it usually has to be an NHS prescription. Are you sure you were on a genuine site? There's lots of fake/scammy ones.

As a fellow 5’2” person, at that height and weight you are on the top borderline of the healthy weight range. I don’t see why you’re so angry, you clearly need to lose weight.

I did this to prove a point. The industry is CORRUPT.

Who are you, Esther Rantzen?? If you're on some mission to raise awareness, why's it taken three pages of posts to even express what you're on about? Why not state what you actually mean upfront, and even then it's not the biggest scandal ever. You asked, you got, you don't want, you don't use. Adults wanting to abuse systems will abuse them. It's hardly the most corrupt thing going on and is doing more good on balance I'd said. Direct your vague vigilantism elsewhere.

But you haven't stopped anything, have you?

Your the one being stupid.....

Medexpress take payment before the clinical team review the information

You really need to get a life, who has time to sit and test prescribers, very strange behaviour

As I’ve explained I think you’ve got the wrong end of the stick. It’s only when you pay that they drill down on your exact weight and BMI. Then they refuse and refund you.

Great. Please name the pharmacy.

To get people frothing at the mouth

Of course 9 st 5 at 5 ft 2 isn't chubby!

What a ludicrous thing to say! No wonder so many people get eating disorders when they read stuff like this!

Have you previously been prescribed it? Do you have other conditions that override the bmi rules?

Seems bizarre tbh. I had to send loads of info. I had to send photos of myself in tight clothes from different angles, and I had them share info with my gp.

I'm not denying there are dodgy sites who will sell anything to anyone, but even now a year on, I still have to wait for it to be reviewed etc.

I think there's a fair chance the place you've signed up for isn't even legit.

Have you had trouble maintaining your BMI op? Why would you even be trying to do a gotcha on this issue?

You’ll be rejected so this isn’t quite the ‘gotcha’ that you think it is

they take your money and then it goes for review with the prescriber. You’ll then be rejected

this is a pointless thread

I don’t quite get what your post is about. If you’re normal weight, you don’t need jabs. If you’re willing to pay, you will get firms willing to send them out, for a price.

If you need them, for health reasons, you can get them free, via the NHS. 🤷‍♀️

You will be more feckin furious when you pile the weight back on after spending hundreds and hundreds of quid on the jabs. And then even more furious if it costs you your eyesight.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/10/wegovy-sudden-sight-loss-ozempic-study-semaglutide#:~:text=But%20a%20study%2C%20published%20in,times%20greater%20risk%20than%20women.

https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/behind-the-headlines/coming-off-mounjaro

This comment is not about the specifics of OP’s case, but about the question of why there are rules about who can be prescribed WLI’s. Those rules are: BMI 30+, or 27+ with one of several health conditions.

The reason there is a limit is that these drugs have risks and side effects, as do all medications. When someone is above a certain size, the risks from their weight are higher than the risks from the medication, therefore overall they are better off using them and losing weight versus not using them and staying the weight they are. At the population level, though - if you are one of the users who had a serious and irreversible complication from using them, you might wish you hadn’t.

for people who are normal weight or only slightly overweight, the health benefits they could get from the weight loss are quite small, and not worth the risk of the side effects. That’s the basis for the limitations as to who can be prescribed them.

People who have lost weight on them and are below the weight at which they would be eligible are a different case. The assumption there is that if they stopped the drug they would regain the weight and their weight-related risks would go up again.

Someone who wants to from a BMI if 30 to 25 is not in the same situation as someone who wants to go from 25 to 30, even though they both want to lose the same amount of weight. The first would be getting a much greater benefit to their health, but they both face the same risk from the jabs.

And someone who is at a BMI. of 25 having used the jabs to get there is not in the same position as someone starting out at 25.

It took you long enough to come to the point!

Name the pharmacy for goodness sake. And then report it to the GPhC and whoever else regulates them eg the CQC and so on.

Have you actually spoken with the prescribing doctor - ie had the zoom call given the evidence of your weight with photos? That step usually happens after you have given card details. They then say no, you cannot have it and you are issued a refund. They take the money before this stage because the doctor’s time costs money so they take it up front to prevent people wasting their time. Many people fail at that point.

You won’t pass the final stage, but if you are really determined to prove this is some sort of cynical scam, come back when you are holding the actual prescription in your hand and then, maybe, contact a journalist who has an interest in this area.

I think OP has just misunderstood that she thinks she’s been okayed when she hasn’t. Aiui the real tests come once she has paid.

I know this because my friend mentioned above made the same mistake. She rang me to tell me she’d been accepted and I said “how?” But these places are not stupid and she rang me back in a dudgeon when they later turned her down.

I’m not sure why you applied for something you didn’t want?

Would you consider doing the lottery then if you are successful you will be happy instead of angry.

Well yes. They have unethical business practices. But I assure you, you wouldn't have received those meds.

Meh they are all the same. All will have you put in your details then say 'ok, you meet the criteria, please pay up'. Then when it goes to review / prescription they won't actually prescribe and you have to chase a refund. It's an intentional business practice as they just need 1 in 100 people to forget to chase for a refund and they get free money.