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Weight Loss Plan
Support to achieve long term, sustainable weight loss
The weight loss plan involves:
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Activity and nutrition guidance to help you develop a healthy lifestyle that is sustainable
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Weight-loss medication (weight-loss injections) to help reduce your appetite
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Regular face to face reviews with your doctor
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Careful monitoring of your health including regular blood tests
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The end goal is to achieve a healthier weight as well as a healthier lifestyle so you can maintain the healthier weight after discontinuing the medication.
About weight-loss injections
How does the medication help me lose weight?
Weight loss can be achieved by eating the right foods in the appropriate quantities and being suitably active. The medication helps this by supressing your appetite so you feel fuller and experience fewer food cravings, thus find it easier to stick to a weight-reducing diet. In time, the aim is that you achieve a healthier weight and develop healthier diet and exercise habits that you can sustain long after discontinuing the medication.
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Who is weight-loss medication suitable for?
The weight loss medication is authorised for adult patients with a BMI of 30 or more, as well as those with a BMI between 27-30 who also have weight-related health problems such as prediabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or heart problems. Weight loss medications are not suitable if you are pregnant or planning to get pregnant.
All patients must be assessed by the doctor who will decide if they are suitable for treatment. The doctor will review your medical history, measure your weight, height, body composition and vital signs such as blood pressure, and take a blood test to check for any underlying health conditions. Only once it has been determined there are no contraindications for treatment will our doctors prescribe the medication.
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How do I take the medication?
It is a weekly injection that you inject yourself. Your doctor will show you how. If you would rather a doctor did the injection for you, we charge £75 to do the injections in our clinics in Henley or Reading.
The Weight Loss Plan
Assessment
£350
You must be assessed by a doctor who will decide if you are suitable for treatment.
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The cost covers:
30 minute appointment; review of your medical history; body composition analysis; comprehensive blood tests to check your underlying health.
Your health is our priority and you will only be able to proceed to medication if the doctor assesses that it is the right treatment for you.
Stage 1
£375 every 4 weeks
You will begin the medication on the starting dose and, if appropriate to do so, gradually increase the dose. You will have reviews with the doctor every 4 weeks to monitor your health.
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Your schedule would be:
Week 0
Appointment with doctor; receive your first 4 weeks’ worth of medication; support to administer your first dose.
Fee: £375
Week 4
Review with doctor; receive next 4 weeks’ worth of medication.
Fee: £375
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Week 8
Review with doctor; receive next 4 weeks’ worth of medication.
Fee: £375
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Week 12
Review with doctor; blood tests; receive next 4 weeks’ worth of medication.
Fee: £375
Stage 2
£275 every 4 weeks
In stage 2, you only need a review with the doctor and blood tests every 12 weeks.
Your schedule would be:
Week 16
Order and collect 4 weeks’ worth of medication.
Fee: £275
Week 20
Order and collect 4 weeks’ worth of medication.
Fee: £275
Week 24
Review with doctor; blood tests; receive next 4 weeks’ worth of medication.
Fee: £275
If appropriate, you can then repeat this schedule.