Medical Weight Loss

From online consultations with our specialist bariatric dieticians, psychologists and personal fitness trainers to using state of the art pharmacotherapy, our clinic covers all aspects of medical weight loss. We can offer all assessments via remote online consultations and also despatch prescriptions to your local pharmacy or even your home.

New Medications for Weight Loss

I am increasingly using a once a week simple injection to help my patients lose weight. A pharmaceutical drug initially used to treat people with type 2 diabetes is helping obese people without diabetes lose weight.

Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide compound, under the brand name Ozempic, is designed to act in the body similarly to the hormone glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1). Traditionally taken once a week via injection, this GLP-1 hormone receptor agonist works in the body by regulating insulin secretion and suppressing appetite.

This drug is similar to Victoza or Saxenda but has the benefit that the self-administered injection only needs to be taken once weekly and not once daily (off label use). Current studies demonstrate 8-10 Kgs weight loss with this treatment.