GP Prescription for weightloss pills?

x-MummyToBe-x · Feb 8th, 2010, 19:01 PM

Anyone been prescribed them before?
Does anyone have any suggestions on any way i can
get a prescription from my GP?
I tried about 5 months ago for some but she would not prescribe me
any and told me i shouldnt be on a diet i should just eat when im
hungry 5 small meals aday i think she said well i did that and it didnt
stick with me for long i just didnt seem to lose the weight i was 14stone 2lbs
when i went to see my GP and now i am 13stone 9lbs not much of a loss
for 5 months! im thinking about going back and asking again as i am trying to
eat more healthy i would just like a little help to it as its not coming off
as easy as it did before i had my daughter.

tasha41 · Feb 9th, 2010, 04:31 AM

IDK hun but I'm gonna watch this.. in my experience they are really reluctant to prescribe pills and would prefer you lose it through diet and exercise, just dieting isn't enough for most people to have good lasting results.

Vici · Feb 9th, 2010, 04:36 AM

I was prescribed some while I was waiting for my fertility treatment. They didn't really have much time to work as as soon as i started the treatment, i had to stop them. I don't think my GP would have prescribed them if i was your weight as I think you have to have a BMI over 35

jennie_78 · Feb 9th, 2010, 05:18 AM

I was prescribed diet pills a few years ago, i had to lose 12% of the amount i needed to lose before i was prescribed them though.

Kimboowee · Feb 9th, 2010, 05:35 AM

My mums exes sister was prescribed them but she did have to loose weight on her own first - I think it was about a st, but she was very very overweight and she managed it in about 2 weeks. In the end she did WW and lost her weight through that lol

paula85 · Feb 9th, 2010, 05:36 AM

I am very over weight and the GP would not give me diet pills until I lost 10 % of my body weight, that was a year or so ago, I am doing it without it now x

v2007 · Feb 9th, 2010, 07:00 AM

My Mum got Xenical from her GP in the late 90's. They just gave her the runs

.

Weight Watchers is good for loosing weight, everytime i join it i end up knocked up within 4 months

V xxxx

x-MummyToBe-x · Feb 9th, 2010, 08:28 AM

Thanks for the replies

i think i am just going to stick this out on my own and do this diet

http://www.exantediet.com/

or i may join weight watchers online? has anyone done that before?

xx

mum2beagain · Feb 9th, 2010, 08:36 AM

i was on reductil for 6 months beofre falling pregnant as i has lost 5 babies and they couldnt find a cause so said it was my weight however i was only 13 st 7 so not too bad i was first o xenical/orlistat but as somone has already said they give u the runs this is becasue they stop the body absorbing 30 precent of the fat u eat now reductil are totally different they are a apetite suoressant they are fantastic if u can talk your gp into presribing them i lost 2 stone in 5 months and still ate whatver i liked just wasnt very hungry only thing is they can affect ur pulse and bp so u have to be monitored every 14days bu practise nurse but i never had any side affects accpet a little shaky whilst getting used to eating less but i would deffinatly go bakc to them if dr let me after this baby is born i also fell pregnant 2 months later and am now 19 weeks so maybe my weight did have someting to do with it but i am doubtfull as i was actually hevyer when i got pregnant with dd lol

x-MummyToBe-x · Feb 9th, 2010, 12:24 PM

I was on emmasdiary last night and a user off it told me
i would not be prescribed any atm seeming as my LO is not a year old?

the first time i visited my GP she didnt tell me the reason i couldnt have the pills
was cause my LO was to young she just said i could do it myself so bit confused with what that user told me anyways lol..

but im not bothering with the pills now it's to much hassle my GP will only keep on
saying to me i can do it on my own and she just pisses me of when she does lol
i will just be doing a food replace diet next week wish me luck for it

thanks for all the help girls

xx

Feb 8th, 2010, 19:01 PM	#1
x-MummyToBe-x Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,421	GP Prescription for weightloss pills? Anyone been prescribed them before? Does anyone have any suggestions on any way i can get a prescription from my GP? I tried about 5 months ago for some but she would not prescribe me any and told me i shouldnt be on a diet i should just eat when im hungry 5 small meals aday i think she said well i did that and it didnt stick with me for long i just didnt seem to lose the weight i was 14stone 2lbs when i went to see my GP and now i am 13stone 9lbs not much of a loss for 5 months! im thinking about going back and asking again as i am trying to eat more healthy i would just like a little help to it as its not coming off as easy as it did before i had my daughter.

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Feb 9th, 2010, 04:31 AM	#2
tasha41 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 23,921	IDK hun but I'm gonna watch this.. in my experience they are really reluctant to prescribe pills and would prefer you lose it through diet and exercise, just dieting isn't enough for most people to have good lasting results.

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Feb 9th, 2010, 04:36 AM	#3
Vici Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Suffolk Posts: 5,931	I was prescribed some while I was waiting for my fertility treatment. They didn't really have much time to work as as soon as i started the treatment, i had to stop them. I don't think my GP would have prescribed them if i was your weight as I think you have to have a BMI over 35

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Feb 9th, 2010, 05:18 AM	#4
jennie_78 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,623	I was prescribed diet pills a few years ago, i had to lose 12% of the amount i needed to lose before i was prescribed them though.

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Feb 9th, 2010, 05:35 AM	#5
Kimboowee Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 9,447	My mums exes sister was prescribed them but she did have to loose weight on her own first - I think it was about a st, but she was very very overweight and she managed it in about 2 weeks. In the end she did WW and lost her weight through that lol

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Feb 9th, 2010, 05:36 AM	#6
paula85 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Teesside UK Posts: 11,011	I am very over weight and the GP would not give me diet pills until I lost 10 % of my body weight, that was a year or so ago, I am doing it without it now x

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Feb 9th, 2010, 07:00 AM	#7
v2007 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Trendy Morecambe Posts: 24,528	My Mum got Xenical from her GP in the late 90's. They just gave her the runs . Weight Watchers is good for loosing weight, everytime i join it i end up knocked up within 4 months V xxxx

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Feb 9th, 2010, 08:28 AM	#8
x-MummyToBe-x Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,421	Thanks for the replies i think i am just going to stick this out on my own and do this diet http://www.exantediet.com/ or i may join weight watchers online? has anyone done that before? xx

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Feb 9th, 2010, 08:36 AM	#9
mum2beagain Other Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: guildford Posts: 2,330	i was on reductil for 6 months beofre falling pregnant as i has lost 5 babies and they couldnt find a cause so said it was my weight however i was only 13 st 7 so not too bad i was first o xenical/orlistat but as somone has already said they give u the runs this is becasue they stop the body absorbing 30 precent of the fat u eat now reductil are totally different they are a apetite suoressant they are fantastic if u can talk your gp into presribing them i lost 2 stone in 5 months and still ate whatver i liked just wasnt very hungry only thing is they can affect ur pulse and bp so u have to be monitored every 14days bu practise nurse but i never had any side affects accpet a little shaky whilst getting used to eating less but i would deffinatly go bakc to them if dr let me after this baby is born i also fell pregnant 2 months later and am now 19 weeks so maybe my weight did have someting to do with it but i am doubtfull as i was actually hevyer when i got pregnant with dd lol

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Feb 9th, 2010, 12:24 PM	#10
x-MummyToBe-x Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,421	I was on emmasdiary last night and a user off it told me i would not be prescribed any atm seeming as my LO is not a year old? the first time i visited my GP she didnt tell me the reason i couldnt have the pills was cause my LO was to young she just said i could do it myself so bit confused with what that user told me anyways lol.. but im not bothering with the pills now it's to much hassle my GP will only keep on saying to me i can do it on my own and she just pisses me of when she does lol i will just be doing a food replace diet next week wish me luck for it thanks for all the help girls xx

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