John Bell & Croyden has launched a “holistic medicated” weight loss service, it announced last week (September 9).
The London pharmacy said that the “bespoke” service integrates “pharmaceutical expertise with comprehensive holistic support” by giving patients access to “expert healthcare professionals, dedicated pharmacists and experienced nutritionists”.
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“This collaborative team will work closely with each individual, crafting a tailored plan that extends beyond medication to encompass dietary guidance, lifestyle adjustments and consistent in-person support,” it added.
The service offers “tailored medicated solutions”, “one-on-one consultations” with nutritionists, “advice and monitoring” from John Bell & Croyden’s pharmacists and “face-to-face” care at its Wigmore Street premises, it said.
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John Bell & Croyden’s general manager Alexander Johnston said that patients can achieve “true wellbeing” through “a balanced and integrated approach”.
“Our new medicated weight loss service is designed to address the unique needs and aspirations of each patient, moving beyond a one-size-fits-all model,” he added.
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It comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) last week added medicines for diabetes and obesity to its “essential medicines list” and said that “encouraging generic competition” among GLP-1s is key to “expanding access”.
Meanwhile, some pharmacies have enlisted external PR and marketing support to manage campaigns around their weight loss services, amid soaring demand for weight loss jabs and warnings from industry regulators about “inappropriate” marketing of the drugs.
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And earlier this month, the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) launched a new “interactive” programme focused on the prescription of weight loss drugs.
The course is “now available for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and trainee pharmacists” who provide or are planning to provide “weight management medicines”, the organisation said.
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It follows C+D revealing that a London pharmacy has been banned from selling or supplying “any injectable medicines used for weight loss” after the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) discovered “system-wide failures” at its premises.
The premises - which trades as Dam Pharmacy and is located in Marylebone - has been issued with an “enforcement action” notice from the GPhC following an inspection last month.
