Peterborough Charity Warns of The Dangers of Weight Loss Injections for Those With Eating Disorders
Personalised Eating Disorder Support warns easy access to weight loss drugs puts vulnerable people at greater risk
A Peterborough charity is voicing concern over the impact weight loss injections are having on people with eating disorders.
Personalised Eating Disorder Support say it is far too easy to get hold of the drugs, with some people self-prescribing or buying them privately—something they warn is “really dangerous”.
Mandy Scott from the charity says, “It’s a real concern for us because the risks associated with weight loss drugs need to be very, very closely monitored by a GP with a real thorough risk assessment."
"People are self-prescribing, getting them privately is dangerous. It really is, and we don’t know what those short-term and long-term impacts are.”
She adds that it’s important to address the contradictions for anyone battling an eating disorder while using these medications.
“The eating disorder voice can often get louder because they’re then more anxious when they do try to go back to normal eating. So it has a whole multitude of effects and I don’t think we see even half of it.”
The charity says more safeguarding is needed to keep vulnerable people safe.