NHS prescription for Ozempic

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ac62

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Does anyone know how to get an NHS prescription for Ozempic?
 
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ac62 said:
Does anyone know how to get an NHS prescription for Ozempic?
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Hi, and welcome to the forums.

To get a prescription for anything, you'd have to meet the clinical requirements and be judged by the prescribing professional to be someone who would benefit clinically from having whatever it is. In the NHS there are local medicines management groups who decide what they will prescribe in general terms and in what circumstances. In doing so they will take account of a number of professional and regulatory views including, for example, the NICE guidelines.

I'm attaching part of a new medicine assessment completed by the Lancashire Medical Management Group in 2018 for semaglutide/ozempic. These are updated from time to time and may differ from area to area, so this is a "for example" only:

Semaglutide is an appropriate treatment option for initiation and ongoing prescribing in both primary and secondary care when prescribed in the following clinical circumstances:
• after second intensification of therapy fails to achieve targets*:
o has a BMI of ≥35 kg/m2 and specific psychological or other medical problems associated with obesity (adjust accordingly for people from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups) or
o has a BMI ˂ 35 kg/m2 and
▪ if insulin therapy would have significant occupational implications or
▪ if weight loss would benefit other significant obesity related comorbidities

Or, with specialist care advice and ongoing support from a consultant-led multidisciplinary team:
• combined with insulin at second intensification of treatment in patients who cannot take metformin

Semaglutide may only be continued if the person has a beneficial metabolic response, defined as follows:
• a reduction of HbA1c by at least 11 mmol/mol [1.0%] and
• a weight loss of at least 3% of initial body weight in 6 months
 
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