I have listened to the News this morning, that they are now giving an NHS Weight Loss Injection for free.
Do you think they should do this?
In my opinion, I think it should be given to people with a Health problem and not someone who just wants to lose weight.
I agree yesâŠif all other avenues have been explored, along with diet and exercise, then perhaps an injection might be the next step.
I would rather try a gastric band though, if I was in need of interventionâŠwe have had quite enough of injections recently!
You should look up the health implications of that. Apart from anything else, it is keyhole ( Laparoscopy,) surgery & thus prone to a whole new set of problems & an operation is ALWAYS far more risky than an injection.
A friend of my wifes died as a result of gastric band surgery. Gastric band surgery should be a last resort.
Fair enough - and Iâm so sorry about your wifeâs friend, that is truly awful that she died while trying to improve herself.
However, my concern is what is in the injection to cause such a marked loss of fat in someone who is genuinely in need of such a procedure? Is it targeted to only attack âbadâ fat, for example? I donât know, something about it gives me the heebie jeebies!
Well Iâm on the fence about this. On the one hand I agree that perhaps it should be a last resort after all other options have been tried. But on the other hand, if it really is a âquick fixâ, and people whoâve struggled for years with their weight can finally get the weight off - and keep it off - then think of all the weight related problems that would no longer be clogging up the NHS. Type 2 diabetes for a start, and heart problems as well. It might well mean a huge saving for the NHS, as well as freeing up their time to treat other conditions.
Still pondering about this one actually. I eat healthily, cook from scratch and try to limit treats. I have gained quite a bit of weight during lockdown. My Mum was on end of life care for several months before passing away and I didnât exercise as much as I normally do because I felt awful.
All the women in my extended family gain weight in their middle age, all of us! I have lost a couple of stones several times with Slimming World and I always put it back on after a while. I understand this is very common.
I know 4 women who have had bariatric surgery - either gastric bands or gastric bypasses and they have all regained most of their weight after a few years. So I would not consider that route.
So, in short I think I would take the injections if I had the chance.
I think that is what theyâre going to do? You have to have another condition, like diabetes, as well as being morbidly obese
âNICE has recommended the drug for people in England and Wales who have a BMI of 35 â making them morbidly obese, the fattest possible category â and have at least one weight-related comorbidity.â
I think itâs great, anything that helps. And ÂŁ75 per month is probably less than the drugs theyâd have to be described for illnesses theyâd get from carrying on being fat, plus hospital stays etc
Would they have to take it for life? And itâs an appetite suppressant so might not help people who overeat for reasons other than hunger?
Only after some in-depth health screening, or the anorexics will lie and waste away to nothing.
I know of two people having a monthly injection to help lose weight. Both have type 2 Diabetes.
If it helps them lose weight to help their ailment, l see nothing wrong in it.
Look in any (usually) elderly personâs cupboard and see the piles of unused medication. Thatâs where the waste is!
I wouldnât deny an overweight person trying to lose weight via a monthly injection in order to safeguard their health and require less medication.
