Weight loss injections- which one

Mummyof32020 · 2023-07-02T18:14:34+00:00

Hi, I've been looking in to getting weight loss injections but can't decide which would be the best to go for. Saxenda? Wegovy? Or Ozempic? I know they all have potential side effects but can anyone who has tried any of them let ms know what side effects they had and how you dealt with them? Which would you choose? Thanks (BTW I'm 5ft3 and weigh nearly 14 stone, have tried dieting alone but can't seem to shift the weight much)

TwoFourSixEightNeverTooLate · 02/07/2023 19:19

You might find difficulty in starting now tbh.
Supplies are short, even some diabetics are being switched to different medications by their surgery because they can’t get hold of their prescriptions sadly.

SatOnBeckysHill · 02/07/2023 19:52

There's no availability of ozempic until middle of next year

Saxenda is now for existing customers only

mumwheresmyribena · 03/07/2023 06:19

@Mummyof32020 Wegovy is actually the same thing as Ozempic but rebranded and in a higher dose for weight-loss. It's been approved in the UK but not available yet. Ozempic is in very short supply, access is becoming a big problem for some of the doses and is forecast to remain an issue for most of this year. This has had a knock-on effect with Saxenda which is still available but also becoming scarcer.

It's not really a great time to start any of them tbh.

SpringIntoChaos · 03/07/2023 06:56

Good luck finding one!

Twilightstarbright · 03/07/2023 07:02

I’ve had brilliant success on ozempic but it’s impossible to get hold of at the moment.

naughty40me · 03/07/2023 10:22

I'm type 2 diabetic.

I've tried diet, metformin and a second medication; Empiflogazin (sp?)

My BMI is over 40.

I have high blood pressure and NAFLD.

The nurse has offered me ozempic.
At least that's what it says on my notes....(on my app) and they invited me to in to see them next werk to start injections.

Except now I see all over the Internet that as of last week there is a shortage of ALL the GLP-1s.

Looks like I'm not gonna get it afterall.

These are drugs for diabetes.

It's shameful that we have none available for people that really need them.

onthecoast · 05/07/2023 05:30

If your nurse has offered a particular medication, I’d guess they have their own supply. Might be wrong but I’d be surprised if they offer something that’s unavailable. I don’t agree that it’s ’shameful' that these drugs are in short supply. Inevitable seems a better word. Weight loss is a major pastime for half the developed world. These drugs are seen (wrongly) as a silver bullet for weight loss when they’re not. But you can’t blame people for buying them when they see them on sale in Boots and Asda etc.

mumwheresmyribena · 05/07/2023 07:27

Can I just point out that saxenda, orlistat, mysimba, ozempic, or whatever are never "onsale" in the UK or EU no matter how many people see it as that. That's illegal, they are prescribed if you fit certain criteria. You could argue that he system may be flawed and open to abuse but it's still not possible to walk into a chemist, pick them off the shelf and walk out with them.

Whilst I agree that plenty of the people that have talken them have abused the system and obtained them when they shouldn't have been prescribed them, there are plenty more people who fitted the criteria for prescription in the UK and have been legititmately prescribed them with a private prescription because they're not available under NHS NICE guidelines. A fair number of those people fully expect to have to continue to pay privately either for a number of years or for life. It's called talking responsibility for your own health and welfare.

In the case of Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and I'd guess other drugs in short supply too, ramping up production is a tad more complicated than just picking up the phone and asking Freda to turn the tap on a bit fuller. Commissioning and bringing extra factories online, obtaining raw materials and equipment and training new staff aren't done overnight.

onthecoast · 05/07/2023 19:02

mumwheresmyribena · 05/07/2023 07:27

Can I just point out that saxenda, orlistat, mysimba, ozempic, or whatever are never "onsale" in the UK or EU no matter how many people see it as that. That's illegal, they are prescribed if you fit certain criteria. You could argue that he system may be flawed and open to abuse but it's still not possible to walk into a chemist, pick them off the shelf and walk out with them.

Whilst I agree that plenty of the people that have talken them have abused the system and obtained them when they shouldn't have been prescribed them, there are plenty more people who fitted the criteria for prescription in the UK and have been legititmately prescribed them with a private prescription because they're not available under NHS NICE guidelines. A fair number of those people fully expect to have to continue to pay privately either for a number of years or for life. It's called talking responsibility for your own health and welfare.

In the case of Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and I'd guess other drugs in short supply too, ramping up production is a tad more complicated than just picking up the phone and asking Freda to turn the tap on a bit fuller. Commissioning and bringing extra factories online, obtaining raw materials and equipment and training new staff aren't done overnight.

With respect, I really think that's hair-splitting semantics. Let me reword it a bit: these drugs are on sale at Asda, Boots etc provided you fulfill some basic criteria e.g. have a certain BMI / weight / health condition. It's absolutely true that some people (e.g. with eating disorders) will have abused the system but in the main, the majority of people seeking these solutions are doing so because they are significantly overweight. That said, they are absolutely not a silver bullet solution. You still need to take control of your eating and general health to maximise your chances of success. Some people seem to think they can just carry on eating unhealthily and let the drugs work their expensive magic in the background.