To ask doc for ozempic

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I've been battling my weight all my life. Now as a peri menopausal woman, it's just standing still or creeping up no matter what I do.
I eat healthier than I ever have. I exercise. Im 22 stone and it's not budging. It should be easy at this size to shed some. It's impossible. I have a heart condition, pre diabetes (not been tested for over a year) chronic acid reflux, fatty liver and the list goes on. Losing weight would change my life. I just can't seem to do it. Lost 10lb in a year. It's soul destroying.

Someone on here has mentioned before that they got it from a Weight Management clinic. That's the only case I've ever heard of, and she said it took three years of other treatments before they even started prescribing it. There's a reason everyone on it is paying privately.

You may well get it on the nhs. A friend of mine with a slightly higher bmi gets it on the nhs, she has health conditions caused by her weight.

My BMI is higher than yours and my tests are showing I'm prediabetic.
My GP has put me on a waiting list to speak to a weight loss consultant of some kind, that was 14 months ago.
I truly hope you can find something that works for you, but for me there's no chance of getting it anytime soon.

That’s fab weight loss. What do you typically eat I a day and how much do you exercise?

I haven't heard of anyone getting ozempic on the NHS. I guess if they start prescribing it they will open the floodgates! (Although it might be cheaper for them in the long run...)

It's still worth talking to the GP about your weight, though. They might prescribe something like Orlistat which can also be really helpful - it helped me with my weight.

Also, don't do yourself down over losing 10lb in a year - that's still 10lbs less than you were a year ago. I know it's not as fast as you'd hoped but it's progress.

Fasting, keto you name it I've done it 😕

You can get it privately online for circa £200 per month. A quick google will bring up loads of options. I use myBMI.

I lost 8 stone naturally, for free, eating a healthy diet.

I don't understand people saying they 'can't' lose weight, when it's about eating less calories, you just eat less calories?

Is there another reason you can't eat better, OP? Are you unsure about nutrition? An emotional eater?

Well how did you even have eight stone to lose if you find it so easy?!

Op I've been on mounjaro for a month, paying £130 and I love it. It stops me from needlessly consuming food. It has made my brain clearer

Ooh interesting, which hospital? Weight clinic or another type of clinic? Do you have diabetes?

I dont see why the nhs should pay, buy it privately if you need it. But why don't you cut down your calorie intake instead? Join a gym, join weight watchers?

Barts, another clinic, and no, I don't, though heading towards it.

How dare you. I do not spend money in junk food you ignorant cow

No one gets to 22 stone by eating too much salad and lean meat op.

No judgement here, I started this year obese and with 5 stone to lose and it's been slow progress so far. But I understand why I got to 5 stone overweight.

Failing to recognise or accept the problem won't help you lose and maintain the loss no matter what meds you take.

Is ozempic available online without a face to face consultation with a dr? And how do you know which sites are trustworthy? In other words can someone recommend an online supplier?

For some people that doesn't help. Ozempic is showing to work especially well for women with PCOS, for who losing weight is an uphill battle due to insulin resistance. For me, an endocrine issue means, to lose weight, I need to eat under 800 calories a day, and few carbs - which leaves me ill.

Do you suggest we don't provide medication or oxygen for those with smoking related illness? Or those that break a bone doing something risky? Or those with melanoma from too much sun? What about PREP?

Or is only weight you have an issue with?

Because I decided I didn't want to be obese anymore, so I educated myself and changed my diet and lifestyle.

Funnily enough, by eating healthy and exercising, the weight just melted off.

Wanting a quick fix isn't a solution, just like fad diets aren't a solution.

I read the obesity code, might explain and help with a way forward.

Will need to go private. Not available on the NHS currently

Does your GP get information that you are buying & using this drug?
Thanks

Stop it please. Just stop it.

It's wegovy, not ozempic. You can get it online via boots online pharmacy or Asda pharmacy if you want a trusted supplier.

Yes

My trust makes you go through their weight management programme first. Its pretty crap tbh. If you can afford to buy it, then do it!

I agree. It always comes down to energy expended v fuel taken in.

If you expend more energy than you take in as fuel your body will start to use fuel stored as fat. It has to.

Sure your metabolism can be changed by menopause (as mine has) but that just means you need less fuel than before.

I absolutely guarantee that if you expend 2000 calories and take in 1500 per day for 2 months you will lose weight.