[Livia]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

I do believe though that the criteria should change...to allow severely obese people to have the option for this drug. At a certain age its hard to shift and health issues as a result can be restricting for a person to exercise to the extent needed to shift weight.
A GP should recognise genuine situations where this would benefit a seriously overweight person....regardless of whether they have other issues to meet the criteria.
Having said all that as Oliver said this is really a drug for Diabetes so they should be the priority.

I agree. Although, my local GP practice has 9 doctors, some of whom are part-time, and 25,000 patients and rising. It's no wonder people turn to self help.