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Home » Lose Weight Safely » What are skinny jabs? The slimming injections Gemma Collins credited for weight loss EXCLUSIVE – OK! magazine

Last year TOWIE star Gemma Collins opened up on the fact that she has been using injections known as Skinny Jabs to lose weight.

"I just didnt have an appetite. You just dont think about food or being hungry. Its fantastic and really works for me," she told The Sun.

"I already lost three stone earlier in the summer but I have put five pounds back on after overindulging on truffle pizza on holiday, which is quite a lot of fat."

Although the star has since admitted to abandoning the injections recently because she is happy with her weight now, she has given the weight loss product a lot of publicity. But what are these injections and do they really work?

Skinny jabs include an ingredient called Liraglutide. Originally it was used in diabetes medication but later it was found that if you increase the dose it can reduce patient's appetite and therefore help them to lose weight. For this reason it is sometimes prescribed by medical professionals, alongside diet and exercise, to help people lose weight.

The drug has been approved for use in adults with a BME of 30 or more (obese) and also for adults with a BMI of 27-30 (overweight) who suffer from an additional condition such as high blood pressure or type 2 diabetes.

On SkinnyJabs site, the company that Gemma Collins used, they state The SkinnyJab plan can remove hunger from the equation. Using a tried-and-tested medical revolution which acts as an appetite suppressant, the SkinnyJab plan can reduce your hunger, allowing you to eat less while avoiding the cravings for those troublesome snacks.

"Our slimmers typically experience a loss of hunger after just three days with the SkinnyJab plan.

On their site a four week program of daily injections range from 250 to 500.

We consulted Dr Ismat Nasiruddin, a GP at http://www.pulselightclinic.co.uk as to whether the drug was a safe solution and she said: The drug in Skinny jab is called Liraglutide and it works on hormones associated with hunger and digestion as well as delaying gastric emptying. The most common side effects are nausea and diarrhoea.

"There are reported side effects such as pancreatic problems and a very small increased risk of thyroid cancer, but this was seen in studies on rats, using much higher doses."

On SkinnyJab's site they advise against usage by "Anyone who has had pancreatitis, thyroid tumours, type 1 diabetics or patients taking insulin medications".

The GP went on to say that: The medicine doesn't work for everyone and some people will lose more weight than others. The average weight loss is anything from 4-10 kg over 6-12 months. It comes as a weekly injection given just under the skin, usually in the lower stomach or outer thigh with a very fine needle and each jab costs about 50.

The general advice given is that this injection should be used under close medical supervision, in addition to effective diet and lifestyle changes which is sensible."

However Dr Ismat does believe that while it is not for everyone it does have its place, and I have certainly prescribed it privately for some people, alongside diet and exercise programmes.

Although many people's weight issues can be treated with exercise and diet changes, Dr Ismat has conceded that: "over the years, with a special interest in women's health, hormones and mental health I have observed patients with real struggles which meant their diet and exercise programmes just didn't give the results they'd expect."

"Polycystic ovaries (a hormonal condition which means weight loss is harder to achieve), menopause changes and side effects from various medications, meant many people really struggled to lose weight.

"This affected not only their physical health (obesity contributes to an increased risk oil cancer and heart disease) but also their mental health."

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What are skinny jabs? The slimming injections Gemma Collins credited for weight loss EXCLUSIVE - OK! magazine

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