NHS has advised Boots etc to weigh patients in person before prescribing

[SureJanOK]

Hi, I saw this online today re online orders for MJ etc.

Do we think this will happen?

I'm actually worried - I'm not far off a healthy weight, I don't want them to stop prescribing it, I suspect I may have to be on some dose for the rest of my life. (I'm 40s)

NHS 'advised'

So it's not anything other than that

I think it’s sensible - though there’s another question about ongoing prescription for people using it. I started at a BMI of 37. It’s just under 30 now, and I hope to try to come off it when I hit a healthy BMI. But - will the weight go straight back on? I hear mixed things. I’ve completely overhauled my diet and exercise, so hopefully have changed enough to maintain… but it would be a great waste to plough it all back on again!

(My understanding is that Boots can keep prescribing down to a healthy weight. They just can’t prescribe to anyone whose starting weight is too low)

If you're nearly at a healthy weight, why would you put medication in your body? It suggests you have been losing weight, so just carry on what you're doing.

bit like when i bought some gaviscon for dh, They advised he should see a doctor if it was ongoing.

I need the drug to take the edge off my appetite and kill the cravings. This is what allows me to make sensible food choices.

41 years of bitter experience!

@ApoodlecalledPenny I'm VERY loathe to even risk piling the weight back on again. Experience tells me I can take my eye off the ball and add 2 stone in 2 months then i'm in "fuck it" mode and back heading for 15st plus again.

Lots of people take medication for years/life. This may just have to be one of them. I think the side effects of the medication can't be as bad as the risks of obesity.

She’s nearly at a healthy weight because of the medication.
With regards to the OP, I have been truthful about my weight when ordering so more than happy to be weighed in person, as long as they don’t cut you off too soon.

Well, you could do what do what my Rheumatology Dept does, which is insist on weighing patients wearing all their clothes, even in winter (big winter clothes, heavy denim jeans, boots, you get the picture) 'for efficiency of turnaround', and then taking of 2lb 'for clothes'. Stick a couple of lead weights in your pockets and bob's your uncle.

Might not work so well in the summer though. You may have to be creative with regal weights sewn into your floral frock hemline, worn trendily of course with steel-toe-capped doc martins style work boots.

Certainly they are right for people starting the medication. People should not be taking weight loss injections if they are under a bmi of 28/29. It’s too easy to find pics online and submit them.