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To be perplexed by the recent findings from researchers..: why are GLP-1s being restricted ?

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Stopbeingsoridiculous · Yesterday 21:42

https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag524/8774585

Just why. ?
As a previously obese woman, who has been lucky enough to qualify for free.. why ON Earth Is this medication being restricted to only those who can afford to pay for it. ???

Up until age 45 I had no problem with my weight . Always 5’7 and between 63 & 66 kg.. I got Chrohns .. but was lucky enough to get in the slow gut emptying trial.. up until then (11 years ) I was on steroids , predisalone .. waiting outside the bakers for the pasties .. had a gastric sleeve on the NHS .. not easy ,21 stone to 16 stone ) lots of push. resulted in tier 4 .. where I was told that a pork pie contained more calories than a salad . (Of course It was because FAT MEANS STUPID !!) .. and then the miracle that is Mounjaro .. seven stone later I’m an 8:10 .. but that’s grand but not the big win .. for sure my ego is boosted because I had the money for a tummy tuck to rid myself of the 21lbd of excess skin .. but the big winner is my drain on the NHS ..

prevjously :
Thyroid tests 6 monthly
sleep apnea referral
sleep apnea sleep study
sleep apnea equipment.
GP appointments x 4 related to knee pain
Cortisone injections x 4
17 x GP appointments for ; sinus:headache and bowel incontinence..

This Year - since BMI 22.7

Thyroid check to reduce as BMI lower .

WHY THE FUCKING FUCK IS THOSE DRUG BEING DO RESTRICTED ? Especially as large scale trial now showing to help cardiac health ?

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Apsidistra · Yesterday 21:58

I’m currently paying for the wegovy pill, but won’t be able to continue once I’ve exhausted all of the new customer discounts available. I have an under active thyroid and am in peri too so find it particularly hard to manage my weight.

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