Don't buy random weight loss pills on Double 11! Medical warning: Beware of buying fake products, they may harm your body instead of losing weight
Recently, an Internet celebrity has been accused by the media of selling weight-loss drugs through social groups. The Double 11 shopping festival is approaching. In order to prevent the chaos of online drug purchase and self-prescription from continuing, the Preventive Health Care and Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment Committee of the Taiwan Family Medicine Association The chairperson, Dr. Wu Zhixing, called for obesity to be a chronic disease, and treatment should be carried out by medical professionals to formulate an optimal weight loss plan, which should be combined with legal weight loss drugs according to the situation, and the medication should be tracked and adjusted regularly.
Do you want to buy “diet pills” on Double 11? If there is no weight loss effect, it may also cause harm to the body.
Dr. Wu Zhixing reminds that all legal weight loss drugs need to be evaluated and prescribed by a physician. The commonly known slimming pen (GLP-1 enterocrine drug) needs to be transported and stored through cold chain. Drugs obtained from non-medical channels The quality cannot be guaranteed, and there are concerns about inferior and counterfeit drugs. The public is reminded not to “test drugs on one’s own body.”
According to the “2023 Obesity Public Opinion Analysis Report” by social data analysis company QSearch, which analyzed major social media, forums and more than one million Facebook fan pages in Taiwan, it was found that there were as many as 40,000 social articles discussing it in 2023. “Methods to lose weight” are mostly based on exercise and diet, and many of them are related to online drug purchase, including: “asking about online drug purchase channels”, “selling at low prices”, “buying drugs in groups”, and “reselling”. For example, “It’s cheaper to buy 6 boxes at a time. Does anyone want to join us?”, “I want to split and sell them. It’s cheaper than the market price!” Some netizens also shared their painful experiences of buying fake medicines.
Shopping for weight loss pills online causes repeated obesity. Doctor warns: Beware of counterfeit pills!
Dr. Lin Anmin, director of Anmin Family Medicine Clinic, analyzed that people may think that online medicines are cheap and convenient to obtain. “However, weight management should be viewed from a long-term perspective. Without a professional team to plan and adjust drugs, diet, and exercise, , you may encounter a stagnant period or even repeatedly gain weight, suddenly gain weight and lose weight, resulting in a “yo-yo effect”, which will have a serious impact on your health!”
Dr. Lin Anmin further emphasized that the biggest risk of self-use of drugs is encountering “unexpected” situations; when side effects, discomfort, or poor effects occur, medical staff need to determine whether it is from the drug, dosage, or other body effects. situation, to decide whether to continue taking medication. “People who sell drugs privately will not teach you the correct way to use drugs, let alone how to deal with problems!”
How to choose a weight loss specialist clinic? You can find out by checking the “Light Clinic Map”
Dr. Lin Anmin explained that both weight loss methods and the use of drugs need to be evaluated by professional medical personnel. The clinic has encountered patients ranging from 70-year-old elders to 12-year-old teenagers. Each patient has individual needs; for example, growing children need to pay special attention to whether their dietary intake is balanced, while elders need to evaluate sarcopenia after weight loss. possibility of disease.
In addition, even young adults will have personal weight loss plans and suggestions due to different situations or needs. “For example, how to take in food, adjust the amount of exercise after taking medication, how to maintain living habits to avoid regaining weight, etc. This is the professional knowledge that only the medical team has, and it is also the value of professional medical assistance.”
Finally, Dr. Wu Zhixing reminded that there are many types of GLP-1 incretin drugs in Taiwan, but it is recommended that patients with simple obesity should use drugs that are currently on the market and have weight management indications, so that patients with type 2 diabetes do not have the right to use drugs. Being squeezed. To this end, the Taiwan Family Medicine Medical Association has launched the “Lightness Clinic Map”, which allows the public to search for weight loss specialist clinics online and receive help from doctors to achieve their weight loss goals.
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