Injections & Medication for Weight Loss
If you’ve considered trying a weight-loss treatment you may be feeling a little lost — there are so many to choose from, how are you meant to know where to begin?
This is where our team can help.
Our weight management specialists can offer a range of weight loss treatments to suitable patients, including prescription and over the counter options.
If you’re ready to learn more about the weight loss medications available and how they can help you shed the pounds, keep reading and find out more.
Which weight loss treatments are available?
Weight loss treatments are currently available in two main types — injections and medication (usually tablets).
Although some of these medications work in the same way, you’ll have a lot of options when it comes to considering the right treatment for you.
We’d recommend learning a little more about each of them so you can work out which one you’d prefer and which ones wouldn’t be right for you, considering your health and personal circumstances.
We’re going to take a brief look into the main weight loss treatments that have been clinically proven to work so you can consider which ones you’d like to learn about in more detail.
Let’s start with injections…
Weight Loss Injections
Weight loss injections may seem intimidating if you haven’t used self-injected medication before, but they’re actually quite simple to use and can be very effective.
The medications used in weight loss injections are called GLP-1 Receptor Agonists, and they’re a type of medication that was originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes.
So naturally, weight loss injections can help to reduce your blood sugar, but they also help to reduce your appetite and help you feel fuller for longer.
You’ll need a prescription for weight loss injections, which can be provided to suitable patients by a GP or a private prescriber like ours.
There are two injections that may currently be used for weight loss, so let’s learn a bit more about each one.