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Feckin furious about skinny jabs

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Enyastar · 11/03/2026 15:19

Ive just told sn online practioner my BMI is 24.4..im 5ft 2 and weigh 9st 7 amd i want to lose 2 stone.
Gone through online consult and for £265 i can start my jabs.
Fuck me........

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Believeitwhenyouseeit · 11/03/2026 16:25

@PuzzledObserver

"... someone who wants to go from (BMI) 25 to 30 ...".

How many people do you know who want to do that?! 😉🤣

SatinPajamas · 11/03/2026 16:25

Enyastar · 11/03/2026 15:55

Because i work in the health industry and i and others will do the best to stop this weight loss private jab industry.

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Lol. Good luck with that 😂

MargoLivebetter · 11/03/2026 16:24

SuzyFandango · 11/03/2026 16:18

It should just be that face to face/in person consultation is required. Its not hard. The resistance to this coming in is people who know it will limit access to the people abusing it for cosmetic reasons.

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Have you written to your MP and the Health Secretary to ask for this? No objections from me, as long as it doesn't make prices go up or you are expecting tax payers to fund face to face meetings (I can't even get from my GP for other medical problems!) via the NHS?

Dexterrr · 11/03/2026 16:24

Enyastar · 11/03/2026 15:55

Because i work in the health industry and i and others will do the best to stop this weight loss private jab industry.

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You work in the 'health industry'

Do you mean you are a Slimming World leader or something, and your numbers are falling? I expect so

Anyone who works in actual healthcare is thrilled with WLI, the most transformative health intervention in years

BerryTwister · 11/03/2026 16:24

OP I hope you're lying about this, but if you're not, please tell us which pharmacy this is. If they are genuinely doing this then it is very dangerous.

SilenceInside · 11/03/2026 16:23

I think that @Enyastar won’t be returning to the thread with any further details, if she returns at all it will be to stoke the flames some more.

One thing this thread is not is a reasoned and sensible debate about access to medication via online prescribing pharmacies.

iloveeverykindofcat · 11/03/2026 16:22

I've got news for you OP: a few short years ago, it used to be both possible and legal for codeine addicts to fill in an online form stating they had back pain and get a hundred-odd opiate tablets delivered to their door for a nice sum to a private prescriber. ndeed multiple private prescribers, without the GP ever finding out. I know someone who was doing it, so I did a bit of research and yep, no problem. Same for sleeping pills. Literally any drug that people are willing to pay money for is open to abuse and exploitation and not all prescribers are ethical. Its not a reason to hate the drugs themselves. That one has been cracked down on now (as WLI are being and will continue to be) but it went on for years. In total I think the person I knew must have spent thousands.

TikTokker · 11/03/2026 16:22

What provider? That price is insane for a starter dose…

FaceEatingLeopard · 11/03/2026 16:22

To be fair if I was in charge of cleaning the latrines at the local anal carbuncle clinic I could say I was employed in the 'health industry' couldn't I?
Meaningless piffle.

MrsPerfect12 · 11/03/2026 16:21

the OP won’t name and won’t pay to prove the case. Going to go with the AI approval as “proof”… it isn’t, then rant and rave instead.

Crunchymum · 11/03/2026 16:20

Enyastar · 11/03/2026 15:55

Because i work in the health industry and i and others will do the best to stop this weight loss private jab industry.

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Why?

Genuinely what is your issue here that you want to stop the whole industry?

I do actually agree that you shouldn't have met the criteria for prescription and I'd def report this particular pharmacy.

I agree it needs to be strictly regulated but these treatments have been lifechanging to 100,000's of women who have met the criteria for prescription, why do you want to ruin this for them?

Maybe if you calm down and explain things a little more, you will better prove your point?

BerryTwister · 11/03/2026 16:20

Lennonjingles · 11/03/2026 15:22

Well yes, you don’t qualify for them free, so if you want them you have to pay. I am 5ft 3 and 12 stone, I don’t qualify, but that’s fine, I would rather try and loose the weight naturally.

@Lennonjingles There are meant to be restrictions even when paying.

SilenceInside · 11/03/2026 16:19

@SuzyFandango how would a face to face consultation prevent someone from hiding weights about their person? It’s the same as a video consult, if a person is determined to do it.

RubyHiker · 11/03/2026 16:18

Enyastar · 11/03/2026 15:55

Because i work in the health industry and i and others will do the best to stop this weight loss private jab industry.

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Oh suddenly makes sense. They must cut into your profits so of course you want to ban them and deny others the chance to lose weight that doesn't involve paying you. If you don't need them then don't take them

Dexterrr · 11/03/2026 16:18

YorksMa · 11/03/2026 15:34

Gosh you are angry, and still haven't explained why. Perhaps blood pressure meds would be a better option for you.

This is what OP needs
It'll calm her from all the angry 'Wow, just wow' nonsense 😂

IrisPallida · 11/03/2026 16:18

Youspurnme · 11/03/2026 16:17

Anyone else dying to know what the site is 😁

You won't find out because there would be serious implications to making these sorts of allegations when they are simply not true.

RobinEllacotStrike · 11/03/2026 16:18

This is dreadful OP - what supplier is it?

My supplier is very rigorious & this wouldnt be possible

peppercornrent · 11/03/2026 16:18

ToastSafeFromMothsAndDogs · 11/03/2026 16:16

Your personal mission is to undermine the first ever major breakthrough in treating obesity?

Looks like it. What a nasty thing to do.

SuzyFandango · 11/03/2026 16:18

MargoLivebetter · 11/03/2026 16:15

@SuzyFandango which is why reputable pharmacies won't supply it to people who are not over BMI of 27 with some additional health conditions, or who can't evidence that is where they started from (so if you are maintaining, you can still order). Many pharmacies won't run the checks until after you have paid, because they don't have any need to check people who are not actual customers. If you are not eligible, they will refund you.

There will always be people who cheat they system, whichever system it is. Surely, that is on them?

It should just be that face to face/in person consultation is required. Its not hard. The resistance to this coming in is people who know it will limit access to the people abusing it for cosmetic reasons.

Youspurnme · 11/03/2026 16:17

Anyone else dying to know what the site is 😁

BoredZelda · 11/03/2026 16:17

SuzyFandango · 11/03/2026 16:09

But the NHS won't prescribe it.
Why don't you want people to be able to lose weight?

People who are not overweight do not need to lose it, and the risks of these jabs are thus not outweighed by health benefits in doing so.

They are in my case.

singingintherainnn · 11/03/2026 16:17

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Avantiagain · 11/03/2026 16:16

So you inject nothing into your body?

ToastSafeFromMothsAndDogs · 11/03/2026 16:16

Your personal mission is to undermine the first ever major breakthrough in treating obesity?

SilenceInside · 11/03/2026 16:16

@SuzyFandango the Op hasn’t said if they even submitted photos, just that it was apparently immediately approved. The implication is that the pharmacy did nothing at all to check weight and also prescribed at a BMI that is in the healthy range.

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