Scottish Slimming Pill Bill
Posted: Thursday, 7 April, 2011 | Categories: Diet Pill, slimming pill
Slimming pills are being slated by the Scots since reports revealed that there has been a 20% increase in the amount spent on such weight loss treatments over this last year. Now that the public will be receiving free prescriptions, it is suggested that the figures look set to rise again with estimates reading a whopping five million pounds of tax payer’s cash each year.
What doctors and patients must remember is that slimming pills and diet pills do not work without the patient maintaining a healthy diet and taking regular exercise. If this is enforced and regulated, perhaps the money spent on such treatment may actually serve to curb the problem of obesity in the UK.
With a quarter of the population of Scots obese, and with the consequent rates of obesity related illnesses on the rise, the only options are to be more vigilant and monitor the progress of those being treated.