Weight Loss

Our expert pharmacist offers personalised weight loss solutions designed to fit your unique lifestyle. We combine proven medical treatments, including the latest weekly injectable programs like Wegovy and Mounjaro, with expert guidance and free, dedicated consultations.

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The Science Behind Weight Loss Injections

The weekly injectable medications for weight loss, such as Wegovy (Semaglutide) and Mounjaro (Tirzepatide), belong to a revolutionary class of drugs that work by mimicking the action of natural hormones released by your gut when you eat. These hormones are called incretins, and they play a crucial role in regulating appetite, satiety (the feeling of fullness), and blood sugar.

Wegovy

Wegovy is a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist. This means its active ingredient, semaglutide, works by mimicking the action of a single key gut hormone: Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1).

How Semaglutide Works:

Appetite Suppression: GLP-1 acts on the appetite control centers in the brain (specifically the hypothalamus) to reduce feelings of hunger and lower food cravings, particularly for high-fat or sweet foods.
Increased Satiety: It enhances the feeling of satisfaction and fullness after eating, leading to a natural reduction in calorie intake.
Delayed Gastric Emptying: It slows down the movement of food from the stomach into the small intestine. This delayed digestion helps you feel fuller for a longer period of time.
Blood Sugar Control (Secondary Effect): GLP-1 also stimulates the pancreas to release more insulin when blood sugar is high and reduces the amount of sugar the liver produces.

The combined effect of reduced appetite, increased satiety, and slower digestion is a significant, sustained reduction in body weight.

Prices

We offer an introductory price on the first pen to help you get started off with your treatment.

Strengh	Price
0.25mg	£111.20 (for the first pen) then £139.00
0.5mg	£139
1mg	£139
1.7mg	£210
2.4mg	£259

Mounjaro

Mounjaro is a first-in-class Dual GIP and GLP-1 Receptor Agonist. This means its active ingredient, tirzepatide, targets two key gut hormones, giving it a broader mechanism of action.

How Tirzepatide Works:

Mounjaro works via all the mechanisms of a GLP-1 agonist, but enhances its effect by also targeting the GIP receptor:

GLP-1 Action: It performs all the functions of semaglutide: suppressing appetite, slowing digestion, and improving blood sugar regulation.
GIP Action: It also mimics the action of Glucose-dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide (GIP).

GIP is believed to further:

- Enhance insulin secretion in the presence of high glucose.
- Potentially influence fat storage and metabolism.

Clinical trials have shown that this dual-targeting approach with Mounjaro leads to a greater average percentage of body weight loss compared to single-hormone (GLP-1) treatments.

Prices

We offer an introductory price on the first pen to help you get started off with your treatment.

Strengh	Price
2.5mg	£149 (first pen only) £169
5mg	£189
7.5mg	£249
10mg	£279
12.5mg	£299
15mg	£309

The Science behind Orlistat Capsules

Orlistat is a synthetic derivative of lipstatin, a natural product isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces toxytricini. Structurally, it is a single molecule designed to target and interfere with the process of dietary fat digestion.

The key to its action lies in its ability to interact with enzymes called lipases—specifically, gastric and pancreatic lipases. These enzymes are naturally secreted into your stomach and small intestine and are essential for breaking down the fats you eat.

How Orlistat Works

The mechanism of action for Orlistat is direct and localized to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

Enzyme Inhibition: When you take Orlistat with a meal containing fat, the medication travels to your stomach and small intestine. Here, it forms a covalent bond with the active site of the gastric and pancreatic lipases.
Blocking Fat Digestion: By binding to the lipases, Orlistat inactivates these enzymes. Normally, lipases break down large dietary fat molecules (triglycerides) into smaller, absorbable components called free fatty acids and monoglycerides. With the enzymes inhibited, this breakdown process is significantly reduced.
Preventing Absorption: Since the fat molecules remain largely undigested, they are too large to be absorbed through the wall of the small intestine and into the bloodstream.
Excretion: As a result, approximately one-third of the fat from the food you eat is not absorbed into your body. This unabsorbed fat simply passes through your digestive system and is eliminated in your stool.

This reduction in absorbed dietary fat creates a caloric deficit, which, when combined with a reduced-calorie, low-fat diet and exercise, leads to weight loss.

Key point: Because Orlistat works primarily within the gut and is minimally absorbed into the rest of the body, its primary effects are focused on the digestive system.