Price of injections being slashed?

[Ladymuck2022]

Hi,

Someone brought a newspaper in (daily fail) yesterday.

Bit disturbing to read that under new plans people will be able to pick up the injections for a cost of the current nhs prescription charge.
isn’t that a smack in the face of everyone who has been squeezed to buy at much higher in the past and in turn create real stock issues once they are so obtainable for a tenner.

or is the daily fail absolutely barking?

I thought I had two male friends on it through nhs but it has come out whilst I’m in here they led me to believe wrongly. I don’t know what pocessed them.

I was doing more reading on the diabetes uk website if I am still a diabetic seems they recommend continuing weight loss but I can’t see how that works if I’m unable to stand on scales (due to learn to walk again) but in the interim can’t see how I’m going to get the opportunity to stand on scales. I know they do a sit on chair but I’ve only known this in clinical setup.

I have made sacrifices and spent a lot of my own money, well over £1,000, to buy these injections so far, do I think others should get them for the price of a NHS prescription? Absolutely, yes.

We need to remind ourselves sometimes this is not cheap facelifts or dental veneers they are providing cheaply for cosmetic reasons. It is a treatment for a life limiting disease.

Do I wish it was available to me at a cheaper price when I started a 10 months ago? Of course I do, who wouldn't! But that is irrelevant, and not a reason why others should not have affordable treatment now.

Anyone who thinks differently needs to give their head a wobble.

Another who is making massive financial sacrifice to afford it over here. It's a huge hit financially.

You see plenty of people half dosing, golden dosing and otherwise using it in a way that is not prescribed, and therefore unsafe. They would be far less likely to do this if it just cost £10 a month. But if anything does go wrong, the NHS will quite rightly help out.

Let's also not forget the swathes of people that can avoid obesity related illnesses and care, which is a massive cost to the NHS.

I’ve spent £2400 on it and have saved that in food over the last year (and going out for food and drink) so it’s been totally worth it to me

I want EVERYONE who needs it to get it as my life has been vastly improved. Much lower inflammation, have taken up sport, and am not in pain all the time.

I don’t understand most of your post but the injections being cheaper is a good thing - it means the help will reach more people. You don’t lose anything in this situation.

Also there isn’t a finite supply of pens that will run out. The more they sell the more they’ll make.

You don’t want it to be available cheaper because you think it’s a ‘snack in the face’?

reframe your mind

Also what’s any of this got to do with you not being able to stand up? And what did the friends do wrong again? I’ve read the post 4 times and I can’t make it make sense

I would absolutely buy this if it was the cost of a normal prescription

Did you think the price wasn't going to fall at some point? How is that a bad thing? I've spent thousands on WLI so far in the past 3 years and it was totally worth it. If the price drops in future that will also benefit me, since I'm still on them. I really don't understand why anyone would be disturbed by that.

I'm grateful to be near 4 stone lighter and healthier to be able to run around with my kid and look after my baby without getting as exhausted as I was 6 months ago. Yes do I wish it was cheaper but it was the right time for me to do it. I think there are others in my situation who deserve to be able to lose weight and be healthy and need help to do this but cannot afford the jabs right now so if it can be made cheaper and more accessible to them, it should be!

The NHS may provide some people with GLP 1s but it'll take forever to roll it out , you'll need a high BMI and a comorbidity. I don't mind paying for mine as I get to do it in my own timescale. I'm sure some people will moan about others getting it on the NHS but I do wonder what compliance will be like in certain patient groups. will be interesting to see if weight loss can be maintained in the long term. I include myself in this too.

I agree with this and my shopping bill has gone down more than I'm paying the jabs every 4 weeks

I’ve been on the injections prescribed privately since October, they are life changing. I hope that they are accessible to everyone who needs them asap.

The thing is the media have ran with the headlines that MJ will be available from June at £9.99 (or whatever the prescription price is) so people have got excited about that.

In reality it's a 12 year roll out starting with those most in need. It will be incredibly strict criteria at first, you'll need a BMI over 35 with at least one obesity related condition and be in the NHS weight management programme. It's not walk into a pharmacy and buy it over the counter.

So no on that basis i'm not angry. I've lost almost 6 stone in 10 months (and just today got into the Overweight category!) and for me it's worth every penny spent, and I haven't considered it a financial burden because what i've spent on MJ i've saved on takeout, snacks, meal deals ect.

It's not a competition so if others get it much cheaper then they're in a much worse starting point than I was (my highest BMI was 34) and therefore need it more.

Puzzled by your post. Either your friends are on mj. Or they lied. If they are on it their either paid for it or got it as diabetic

I’ve seen these headlines a few times and really can’t imagine everyone will be able to get for £10/cost of prescription

there will be strict guidelines to follow. Prob a high bmi /over 30 + Other medial issues

Quite. All the stuff about sitting in a chair and maybe still be diabetic. Very puzzling

You will be really pissed off at me OP if it rolls out in Scotland. We don’t even pay for prescriptions.

actually, by your reckoning, I should be annoyed that I used to pay for them…

Bloody hell, you’d want to work on loosing that mean spirit along with the weight OP.

Prices drop as goods become more widely available, that’s a good thing in this case.

This. You said it better than me

I think it’s ’acceptable’ for anyone to be able to choose whether to tell people about prescription medication or not.

I think it's great too. I also think that the NHS needs to pivot their weight management service. Why are they still pushing people towards a surgical solution? That should be a last resort.

WLI, proper nutritional advice (not just "here's a leaflet and a picture of the eatwell plate off you pop"), psychological support and guided exercise or gyms. Proper support. I bet if you ran the figures against how much is spent treating obesity and related illness (and associated cost in benefits), it would be a lot less expensive.

Does the current price piss me off? No, it's a worthwhile investment for me and the drug companies need to recoup their costs and reinvest in the next iteration (which if rumours are true, will a tablet that doesn't need cold chain delivery).

I’m grateful I don’t have to pay the USA price!

The sooner it’s more readily available for everyone the better. I believe a tablet form is being developed and will be out in the next two years.