As with most prescription medications, weight loss medications can sometimes cause side effects or allergic reactions. Often, these will be mild and temporary, and will subside as your body adjusts to the treatment or the increase in dosages.
Important - if you are feeling seriously unwell please seek urgent medical assistance through your GP or nearest A&E department.
These would be for very rare symptoms such as:
severe allergic reaction (such as swelling of your face, lips or throat, problems breathing or swallowing or a rapid heartbeat),
severe pain in your stomach area (abdomen) that will not go away, with or without vomiting. You may feel the pain from your abdomen to your back.
pain in your upper stomach (abdomen), fever, yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice), or clay-coloured stools.
Nausea and vomiting tend to be the main side effects people experience when they first start treatment or move up dosages, and we can prescribe anti-sickness medication, free of charge to support with this whilst your body adjusts to the treatment.
To request a prescription of anti-sickness medication, please contact us and one of the clinical team will review and arrange dispatch if medically suitable for you, or give further guidance if not.