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myBMI is a bespoke weight management service built by medical specialists to give you access to the best weight loss treatments in the world. Our team are UK medically trained in innovative and specific weight management treatments such as GLP-1 Receptor Agonists, our first line treatment for weight control.
Our consultation process is entirely online and designed to enable our team of medical experts to determine the most effective treatment plan for you.
We here at myBMI also understand that weight loss is a journey which requires multiple pillars of support and as such will also provide you access to our community which provides access to daily meal ideas, exercise plans, and specialist support with weekly video content from our medical experts.
Our treatment plan is simple, all-inclusive of the costs of prescribing, dispensing, treatment options and delivery to your door. We will also prescribe, free of charge, any additional treatments that you may require along your journey, again completely inclusive of the fixed price. Our team are here to support you every step of the way.
Here's how myBMI works
1. Online consultation
Complete our free online consultation which has been expertly designed by Professor Frank Joseph to assess your overall health and weight loss goals.
Select your customised treatment based upon the options available.
2. Reviewed by our weight loss specialist
One of our highly experienced weight management specialists will review your health record and consultation.
In conjunction with your preferences they will determine the most appropriate treatment for your and will submit a prescription to our partner pharmacy for dispensing.
3. Receive your myBMI treatment
Our partner pharmacy will discreetly & securely send your treatment & welcome pack directly to you via a fast, tracked & signed for delivery service.
You will also be invited to join our exclusive support group, providing access to medical support and exclusive content including Q&A's with Professor Frank Joseph.
4. Ongoing Patient Care
When you are in your last weeks supply of your monthly treatment plan, log into your dashboard and complete the returning patient consultation.
Our specialists will review your progress and work with you to titrate or maintain your dosages in order to support you in achieving your weight loss objectives and keep your BMI in a safe zone.
myBMI Core Values
Our weight management service is underpinned by our four core values. These four values shape everything we do ensuring our patients have access to the most innovative medical treatments supplemented with diet, exercise, support and education to allow our patients the optimal change to achieve their target BMI.
We believe the key to successful and maintained weight loss is education and also support on your journey.
Our team keep our extensive hub of support, advice and educational content up to date and each topic is vetted by our clinical team.
It is important to us that our patients are educated at every step of the way.
We know that some people cannot achieve their weight loss objectives utilising a diet and exercise programme alone. Therefore we provide a highly effective prescription strength treatment to support your weight loss journey.
Our clinical team are specially qualified in using market leading medical therapies. We prescribe treatments and support you with all the information your need to move through each stage of the myBMI journey.
We believe that diet is at the forefront of helping our patients achieve their weight loss goals how ongoing diet planning is essential to your weight management. We understand how difficult diet control is in a modern busy world.
We are proud to support all our patients with their diet. Ensuring our patients are given inspiration in their diet is key to helping them on their weight loss journey.
Regular and appropriate consistent exercise is just as critical as diet choices in helping our patients achieve their target weight.
Staying active and fit is essential to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our specialists will provide bespoke physical activity programs to match your objectives, capabilities and also seek to make your exercise programme enjoyable.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some answers to the questions we receive the most about our services.
If we missed anything, please do not hesitate to contact us. We’ll be happy to help
What medication do you use?
At myBMI, our first line treatment for obesity is either a weekly injection or daily tablets.
Whilst many other places choose to use other medications as a first line treatment, our team of weight management specialists have drawn on their years of expertise and have decided to offer GLP-1 Receptor Agonists to those that meet the criteria.
Both the weekly injections and the daily tablets contain the same medicine and work in the same way in your body, so your prescriber will take your preference into account when deciding your treatment.
Although GLP-1 Receptor Agonists are our preferred first line treatment, they may not be the right medication for you.
If this is the case, then our prescribers won’t be able to recommend this type of medication and will not write you a prescription for one.
This is why we’re planning on expanding our range of available treatments in future, so we can offer more options to our patients.
Does the price change as dose increases?
During the early stages of treatment, our price is a fixed fee of £199 for your consultation and any treatments that you may be prescribed for 28 days.
This includes any treatments that you might need to combat side effects from your medication.
Whenever you start a new consultation (including a follow-up from the previous month) you will pay £199 and have your consultation, prescription, and any treatments included in the plan.
However, there is an increase in price when you reach our higher strength Surge and Surge+ plans, which are subject to an additional surcharge.
You will only be offered this plan if you have been taking weekly injections at a higher dosage for some time and our prescribers believe that it is the right choice for you.
You will know about any change to your price plan in advance.
Do I need to increase the dose?
Most people starting our treatment plans will need to increase their dose after the first month.
If you’re starting for the first time, or you’re restarting after a few weeks off, you will usually start on either a 0.25mg weekly injection or a 3mg daily tablet.
At the end of this 28 day period, you should come back for another consultation to increase your dose, as these treatments require titration.
After your first month of treatment, you may be increased to either a 0.5mg weekly injection or a 7mg daily tablet.
After this, your prescriber will monitor your progress and decide with you whether to increase your dosage again.
The prescriber will always make the final decision on your dosage and treatment, but you will be able to indicate your preference to them during your consultation.
How often do I use the injections?
Our weekly injection plan is exactly what it says on the tin – a weekly injection!
No matter what your dose is, you’ll only be injecting once a week, as the dosage change will be reflected in your injector pen.
If you forget a dose, you should take it as soon as you remember as long as it is within five days of when you were supposed to take your injection.
You should then take your next dose as planned.
If more than five days have passed since you forgot your dose, skip it, and just wait for the next dosage day to come around.
How much does treatment cost?
Our package is fixed at £199, which includes your consultation, any weight loss treatments you may need, as well as supporting treatments if you experience side effects such as nausea or diarrhoea.
You will pay £199 for each consultation you have, so once your treatment runs out after 28 days, you should come back to us for a review.
We have these reviews so we can monitor your progress, assess any concerns you may have, and help you make informed decisions about your treatment plan.
This set cost will only increase if you have been taking weekly injections for some time and begin our Surge or Surge+ plan, where an additional surcharge is added.
Can I change from your weekly injection plan to the daily tablet plan?
Yes, you can!
During your consultation, you should be given an option to stay on your current treatment, or change to another form of treatment.
You can choose to switch from weekly injections to daily tablets or vice versa, as our weight management specialists are able to prescribe you an equivalent dosage to what you’re already taking.
Please note that any final decisions on treatment are made by the prescriber.
What treatment options are available?
Currently, we offer our first line treatment in two forms – a weekly injection and a daily tablet.
During your first consultation, you will be asked to choose which treatment you’d like.
Some people prefer to take a daily tablet instead of an injection, which is why we offer both options.
Whilst the final decision lies with the specialist prescriber, your preferences will be taken into account when the decision is made.
Does it work?
Most people that take our weekly injections or daily tablets for weight management find that they help to reduce their appetite and BMI.
Current studies that look at GLP-1 Receptor Agonists like Semaglutide and Liraglutide as a treatment for obesity show them to be an effective and safe option for reducing weight in those with a BMI of over 30.
However, as with all medications, there’s no guarantee that it will work for you.
With that in mind, we do recommend trying your treatment for at least 12 weeks before deciding whether or not it’s right for you.
During this time you should speak with your prescriber regularly so they can help you to make any changes you may need to to get the best out of your treatment in a safe and effective way.
Do the weekly injections have any side effects?
As with most prescription medicines, weekly GLP-1 Receptor Agonist inections do have the potential to cause side effects in some people.
However, these usually go away on their own within a few weeks once your body as become used to the medication.
Most of the side effects reported with the weekly injections are related to the gastrointestinal system, so you may experience nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea or constipation.
If you are one of our patients and are experiencing side effects of the weekly injections, our healthcare team can provide supplementary treatments to help you as your body gets used to your treatment.
These treatments can include anti-sickness medications, heartburn remedies, and more, depending on the side effects you’re experiencing and what would be right for you.
Are GLP-1 Receptor Agonists available on the NHS?
Weekly injections of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists are only available on the NHS for those with type 2 diabetes mellitus where their condition hasn’t been managed with diet, exercise, or other first line treatments such as metformin.
Weekly injections aren’t available on the NHS for weight management, but they can be prescribed for this purpose by private prescribers.
This is a common process called off-label prescribing, which is when medications are prescribed to treat conditions that they aren’t currently licensed for.
As weekly injections have been researched and licensed in the US for weight management, independent prescribers in the UK can provide them off-label to suitable patients who have a BMI of 30 or above and have struggled to lose weight in other ways.
Are weekly injections the same as Saxenda?
No, but they are similar.
Our first line treatments are GLP-1 Receptor Agonists, which means that their active ingredient is from the same group of medicines as Liraglutide, the active ingredient in Saxenda.
This means that these treatments work in a similar way, whether you take them as tablets or injections.
However, there are a few differences between our weight loss treatments and Saxenda.
Saxenda is a daily injection, whereas our treatments can be administered either as a weekly injection or in tablet form.
Current studies also show that the GLP-1 Receptor Agonist our prescribers prefer tends to be three times more effective for weight management and reduction than Saxenda.
Please be aware that although our treatments are convenient, they may not be right for you.
Our prescribers will need to undergo an online consultation with you so they can understand your condition and prescribe the treatment they think will be the best for you.
Can I change from a daily injection plan to the weekly injection plan?
Yes, you can switch from daily injections to weekly injections! You could also choose to switch to daily tablets.
If you want to swap from daily weight loss injections to weekly weight loss injections or daily tablets, please complete a consultation with one of our experts.
They will be able to determine if this change in medication is a suitable weight loss plan for you or not.
If approved, you should be able to take your weekly injection the day after you stop taking daily injections.
What if I miss a dose?
If you’re taking the weekly injection:
If you forgot to use your injection on your usual day, you can just inject yourself as soon as you remember, as long as it’s within 5 days from your usual injection day.
For example, if you usually inject on a Monday but have forgotten, you can still take your “missed” dose up to Friday.
If more than 5 days have passed since you were supposed to use your injection, you should skip the missed dose and continue as normal when your next dose is due.
Don’t inject yourself twice to make up for a forgotten dose.
If you’re taking the daily tablet:
If you forget to take a tablet one day, just skip that day’s dose and carry on as normal the next day.
Don’t take more than you’ve been prescribed each day to make up for a missed dose – just skip that day and continue as you normally would the day after.
Learn about our success stories
We're proud of our patients successes, achieved through help, support and effective treatment
"My main goal was never to look a certain way or be a certain size, I just wanted to feel like I had control over my own body, that I could embrace life and enjoy being in my twenties.
If it weren’t for the weekly injections and the fantastic team of specialists who have supported me throughout this experience, I wouldn’t have gained my life back.
I’m now planning on continuing my weight loss on the weekly injections alongside taking up running – something I never thought my body would achieve!"
"One of the best things about being on weekly injections is the change in my taste – I now crave natural sugars more than anything else.
The benefits have been vast. When I go shopping, I don’t have to buy from the unfairly frumpy ‘plus’ range. I go for walks and my legs don’t ache. I wore a dress with no sleeves or leggings for the first time in my life.
I flew home last week and didn’t worry about awkwardly asking for a seatbelt extender. My mental health has improved hugely and I’m not afraid to say ‘yes’ to new experiences."
