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Other prescription medicines.

Beyond the best-known injections, other prescription options exist. This is factual information — suitability is always decided individually after assessment.

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Once everything is clear, we discuss your treatment options with you in clinic.
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Format In-person, Whitechapel
Length 45 minutes
Other options

Other prescription weight-management medicines.

Beyond the best-known injections, several prescription options exist. Suitability is always individual.

Mounjaro and Wegovy are the medicines most people have heard of, but they are not the only prescription options, and they are not right for everyone. This page outlines other prescription medicines that may be relevant in medical weight management. As with all treatment, suitability is decided individually after assessment.

Prescription treatment is only provided where clinically appropriate following assessment by a qualified healthcare professional. The most appropriate treatment varies between individuals, and a particular medicine cannot be guaranteed before clinical assessment. These are prescription-only medicines, prescribed only after an in-person consultation — not sold on request.

The options

What else may be considered.

A factual outline — not a recommendation of any one product.

Oral GLP-1 (tablet) treatment

An oral (tablet) GLP-1 option is now authorised in the UK. A daily tablet can suit people who would prefer not to inject, though tablets have their own dosing rules and side-effect profile. Whether a tablet or an injection is appropriate is decided with you.

Orlistat

Orlistat works differently — it reduces the amount of fat absorbed from food rather than acting on appetite hormones. It is taken with meals and can cause gastrointestinal side effects related to dietary fat. It may suit some people, particularly where GLP-1 or dual-agonist medicines are unsuitable.

Other and older medicines

Other licensed obesity medicines exist and may occasionally be appropriate. Some widely discussed products are licensed for type 2 diabetes rather than weight management, and using a medicine outside its licence is a specific clinical decision made only where justified and clearly explained.

Choosing

How the right option is chosen.

Matched to you at assessment, not decided by marketing.

How the right option is chosen

The choice between medicines — or the decision not to use medication — depends on the licensed indication, your medical history and other medicines, contraindications, tolerability, your goals and your preference. Newer or “stronger” is not automatically better; a well-tolerated option you can stay on is often more useful.

Whatever the medicine, the same principles apply: prescribing only after assessment, treatment within a wider lifestyle plan, and regular monitoring and review.

Fees are the same across our weight-management service: an initial consultation is £150 (in person, 45 minutes) and ongoing monthly reviews are £99. Blood tests, where clinically indicated, are charged separately (lab fees from £150). Any medication cost is separate and depends on the treatment and dose that are clinically appropriate for you. See the weight-management pricing page for full details.

References

Sources & further reading.

Aligned with UK guidance and the approved product information.

Sources & further reading. Information on this page is general and reflects UK guidance and product information, including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the British National Formulary (BNF) and the approved Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) / patient information leaflet for each medicine. It does not replace advice from your own clinician. Always read the patient information leaflet supplied with your medicine.

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Areas we serve

Weight Management near you — Whitechapel, the City & Canary Wharf

Our Prescription Treatment Options service at Whitechapel, E1 cares for patients from right across East London, the City and the Docklands — including Aldgate, Bethnal Green, Bow, Shoreditch, Canary Wharf, Stratford, Bermondsey and the surrounding areas. Same-day and walk-in appointments are available and you do not need a GP referral.

Easy to reach — minutes from the Royal London Hospital and Aldgate East, Whitechapel, Aldgate and Liverpool Street stations, and one stop from Canary Wharf on the Elizabeth line.

Looking for glp-1 & gip weight management near me? If you are searching for a private glp-1 & gip weight management near me, a doctor, clinic or specialist near me in East London, our Whitechapel practice is on your doorstep — walk-in and same-day appointments, no GP referral, and no long NHS waiting list.

Book a same-day appointment or call 020 7916 0029. See our transparent fees. Open 7 days a week, 9am–7pm. Private clinic on Whitechapel Road, London E1 — serving Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Newham, Islington, the City of London and Southwark.

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