US drug giant to temporarily halt UK Mounjaro orders

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1. Good, we need to make our own and stop buying American pharmaceuticals that are vulnerable to the whims of an insane, senile fascist wherever possible.

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3. “Instead, we’d encourage them to speak to their pharmacy, who can support them with any concerns they may have and provide them with the safe care they need.”

   Example of how to say a lot without saying anything.

4. They’ve only suspended it to ensure the users are paying the higher price and to prevent people getting in one last cheaper dose. It’s the most obvious example of corporate greed I’ve seen in a long time, and to be honest it’s quite disgusting that it’s not only happening, but is allowed to happen.

   Regardless of what people think of those using it, this drug has the power to help people become more healthy, which in turn will lead to fewer weigh related issues further down the line helping to alleviate the burden on the NHS long term. And people are willing to pay for it too, meaning many people are actively taking themselves away from the NHS *at present*, no need for doctors visits, no need for weight management advice, no need for any weight related screenings etc.

   Some of the price increases I’ve seen are insane, £140 a month to £220? Many already struggle with the current pricing, the increase is completely unjustifiable and will have a lot of negative consequences – some won’t be able to continue and won’t have been on it long enough to change their old habits meaning they put weight back on, some will struggle with their mental health as they fear the above, some will end up sinking in debt to secure the future of their health.

   This is a disaster for the UK, specifically for the NHS. It’s alright people saying they’ll just have to lose weight the old fashioned way but that is literally what they’re doing – the drug doesn’t melt fat off, you still have to diet and exercise for it to work, it just helps you along the way.

5. Literally decided to start this three weeks ago. Not even a month and they start hiking prices and lowering availability. Sod’s law lol

   EDIT: For anyone who’s curious about it I’m on the base 2.5mg dose, my starting weight was 18 stone, 11 pounds. With no other lifestyle changes, and three doses (wanted my body to get used to the meds before I started exercising) I weighed in yesterday at 18 stone, 5/6 pounds. Can only imagine how much I’d have lost if I’d been exercising too lol

6. This price hike affects those taking the drug through private (read: shady, online, no-visit) prescribers—not the NHS. I’m not sure why exactly we are all supposed to be angry that people who are taking this drug purely for personal cosmetic and convenience reasons and not diabetes management will now pay more. (And for the record I am absolutely one of those people doing this who will pay more for Mounjaro now)

   edit: downvote all you want, it’s true

7. Just move to ozempic, it’s not quite as effective but still plenty effective enough.

8. >“Dervis Gurol, who runs Healthy-U Pharmacy in Saltdean, East Sussex, said he has seen Covid-style stockpiling of the product. […] For the last two weeks now,” Mr Gurol continued, “people have tried to register with multiple pharmacies to obtain the same drug from multiple places because they’re panic buying. It’s almost like the toilet paper scenario we had at Covid times.”

   I think this is really unfair. Here’s the thing – I’m not affected by the price rises, but holy shit there is such bullshit in the media.

   Peoples feelings about these drugs are being compared to irrational buying of toilet paper, instead of the (sometimes) life changing, if not life saving, medication.

   Dervis Gurol, who runs Healthy-U Pharmacy in Saltdean, East Sussex, can go fuck himself.

   Imagine if it was something like insulin or satins and the people stocking up before it cost them £300 were having eyes rolled at them and being spoken about like the same muppets stockpiling toilet paper.

9. Any sentence that starts US drug giant is never going to be a good story

10. Street drug pusher: offer the drug “cheap”, hook up your clientele, increase prices… simply crazy this is allowed on such a massive scale

11. You can long out the dose, half it , and it’s nearly as good for lower price.

12. Lonza are repurposing a plant in the north east as we speak.

13. Holding us to Ransom. Remember these are drugs for the treatment of Diabetes, not just obesity.

    Emergency legislation to end the patent early on that particular molecule?

14. Not a left winger but surprised I don’t this suggestion more often given the number of left wingers on reddit. For certain drugs that would be transformative for the NHS, the UK government should have a program of funding the development of generic alternatives that get provided to the NHS at cost (zero markup). For international goodwill they could also be made available at cost to low income countries that need them. We could probably persuade GSK to do the work as an ESG/Charity thing, and find some way of streamlining the approval process.

15. Ah, So cool.
    Spent my entire life fighting my ability to just inhale food.
    Finally found something that helps me manage it. Got my health back on track. Started extercising, dropped 3 stone and now massive price hikes, delayed orders and now a halt.

    Makes me wish I’d managed to get it through the NHS. It has meant that I no longer need to take other very expensive drugs! Saving the NHS quite a bit!

16. Mounjaro will face a price hike next month, smart money should invest in Toilet paper. Gonna be a lot of shitting end of September beginning of October

17. Lost 45% of my body weight using Mounjaro, I’m now the slimmest and healthiest I’ve ever been, IMO for me the drug is a borderline miracle drug.

    I would’ve definitely paid more for it had I known from the start it was going to be this effective, but it’s not something I’d wish for obviously.

    It’s a massively shame Mounjaro is the most effective of these drugs so far but there are others coming down the pipeline like Retraglutide that should be cheaper to manufacture etc.

    GLP drugs genuinely have the capability of ending or massively reducing the insane obesity crisis we’ve got going on in the west, they should be celebrated. Over 70% of the UK is overweight/obese.

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