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Without a procedure – medically supervised

Weight Doctors® GLP-⁠1 pharmacotherapy

Medically led weight loss without a procedure – from the initial specialist consultation to the monthly progress check. For people with significant excess weight, as a rule from a BMI of 30 (from 27 with related conditions).

How your therapy is structured

Two building blocks.
One plan.

The Weight Doctors® MEMBERSHIP is the foundation of every therapy: medical oversight, progress monitoring and aftercare. The treatment you choose together with your specialist builds on it.

Building block 1

Weight Doctors® MEMBERSHIP

The foundation for every Weight Doctors® therapy – with the tools that support your treatment and record your progress for your medical consultations.

  • Weight Doctors® AppKeep an eye on weight, activity and sleep, for iOS and Android
  • Digital body scalesBluetooth scales – the readings flow straight into the app
  • 3D BodyscanMeasure body composition objectively, up to twice a year
  • Priority access to specialistsby phone, video or on site, without a long wait
  • 360 coaches and Weight Doctors® MiraNutrition and behaviour in everyday life, aftercare with your coaches
  • E-prescription servicePrescriptions issued digitally – after medical approval
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Building block 2

Weight Doctors® GLP-⁠1 pharmacotherapy

Medically led weight loss without a procedure – from the initial specialist consultation to the monthly progress check. For people with significant excess weight, as a rule from a BMI of 30 (from 27 with related conditions).

Procedure
Medication-based, no procedure
Duration
3–12 months
Price
from €599
Costs

The Membership does not replace a medical decision: whether treatment makes sense, and which one, is decided by your specialist after a medical assessment.

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Your guide

GLP-⁠1 pharmacotherapy at a glance

How the medically led therapy is structured, how quickly you can start and which path suits you.

Medical expertise instead of a procedure

Weight Doctors® GLP-⁠1 pharmacotherapy is our treatment concept for weight loss without a procedure or surgery. At its centre is medical therapy management: your specialist assesses your health situation, prescribes – where medically appropriate – a suitable medication and supports you with monthly progress checks.

GLP-⁠1 is the abbreviation for a gut hormone produced by the body, which modern obesity medicine is oriented towards. The focus, however, is not on a particular product but on your individual treatment, directed by a specialist: after a careful medical history, your specialist decides after a medical assessment whether and which preparation is suitable for you, and checks your progress every month. The Weight Doctors® App and the digital scales from the Membership record your progress – for you and for your specialist.

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A Weight Doctors® consulting room in Frankfurt am Main: this is where the initial specialist consultation takes place.

Benefits of GLP-⁠1 pharmacotherapy

  • No procedureThe therapy does not require an operation and, if you do not tolerate it, can be ended at any time with medical support. Whether and how much you benefit varies from person to person.
  • Practical for everyday lifeAfter instruction from a specialist, you administer your medication yourself – conveniently from home. As a rule, you remain able to work and take part in social life.
  • Also by telemedicineThanks to video consultation, e-prescription and the Weight Doctors® App, the therapy is also possible regardless of location.
  • Can be combined medicallyYour specialist can combine the therapy with other Weight Doctors® treatments – before, during or after a stomach reduction or to stabilise your weight with Weight Doctors® RESHAPE.
  • Personal supportYour specialist leads your therapy medically. In addition, the 360 coaches and Weight Doctors® Mira accompany you in the app – both non-medical services for nutrition and behaviour.

Is GLP-⁠1 pharmacotherapy suitable for you?

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  • Significant excess weight – as a rule from a BMI of 30, and from a BMI of 27 with weight-related comorbidities
  • Weight-related comorbidities, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol or type 2 diabetes
  • Previous attempts to lose weight without the desired lasting success
  • Willingness to change your diet and exercise habits in the long term
  • Not suitable, among other cases, during pregnancy and breastfeeding, with type 1 diabetes and with certain pre-existing conditions and intolerances – your specialist clarifies this after a careful medical history and, if necessary, shows you other paths.

“I don’t believe in quick promises. What matters is not the injection or the tablet, but the medical support behind it – the right prescription, regular check-ups and a plan that fits your life.”

Dr. med. Robert Jenner
  1. BMI from 27possible with related conditions
  2. BMI from 30GLP-⁠1 therapy usually possible
  3. BMI from 40weight-loss surgery often makes sense
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Medically led,
step by step

From the consultation to the start of therapy, everything is digital, without postal dispatch and without unnecessary waiting. What makes it special: the telemedical support from specialised Weight Doctors® specialists runs in sync with the digital e-prescription. Your specialist remains your contact throughout the entire therapy:

Weight Doctors® colleague at a laptop
  1. Initial specialist consultationIn person, by telephone or by video: your specialist takes a careful medical history, assesses your suitability and clarifies whether the therapy makes sense for you.
  2. Prescription as an e-prescriptionIf drug therapy is an option, your specialist provides the e-prescription digitally – without postal dispatch. Our aim: usually within 24 hours of the consultation.
  3. Pharmacy & instructionYou redeem the e-prescription at a pharmacy of your choice – in person or online – and, depending on the form of administration, administer your medication yourself after medical instruction.
  4. Monthly progress checkEvery month, your specialist checks weight, tolerability and progress in a medical follow-up consultation, evaluates your progress and, if needed, adjusts the dosage and medication plan.
  5. Conclusion & stabilisationTowards the end of the therapy, you discuss with your specialist whether it will be continued or tapered off in a controlled way. On request, an extension by a further year is possible.
  • GermanyNetherlandsDr. JennerSpecialist in visceral surgery / specialised visceral surgery
  • GermanyDr. JohnSpecialist in internal medicine & gastroenterology
  • GermanyNetherlandsDr. MörmelSpecialist in internal medicine
  • GermanyDr. ZimmerSpecialist in internal medicine / gastroenterology

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One therapy – different forms of administration

GLP-⁠1 pharmacotherapy can be given in different forms of administration. In the medical consultation you will learn everything about those that are suitable for you:

Hands holding a GLP-1 pen
  • Weight-loss injection (injection)One possible form of administration – after medical instruction you conveniently administer it yourself. How this works with the pen is shown in the step-by-step guide.
  • Weight-loss pill (tablet)Another form of administration, in tablet form – after market launch and prescription by a specialist.
Illustration: the pen is placed upright on the skin and the button is pressed
Self-administration with the pen after medical instruction – step by step in the guide.

Injection and pill are examples of forms of administration. Whether and in what form drug therapy makes sense and which preparation is prescribed is decided individually by your specialist after a medical assessment. There is no entitlement to a particular prescription.

What is possible – and what matters

On average, a weight reduction of around 15% is possible with the therapy – medically supervised and varying from person to person. Tolerability is checked at every monthly check-up.

The medication alone is not the solution. The therapy is designed to last 3–12 months so that there is enough time to change your diet and exercise habits permanently – with your 360 coaches and, on request, personal nutrition coaching. How the therapy works, where its limits lie and what can come afterwards, you can read in the article GLP-⁠1 therapy or stomach reduction.

Which path suits you?

GLP-⁠1 pharmacotherapy is only one of several paths. Which one suits your goals and your medical situation, we clarify honestly and independently of any particular therapy:

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  • Without medicationWeight Doctors® hydroGMA – an endoscopic procedure of around 30 minutes without an incision, which acts on the hunger hormone ghrelin.
  • TemporaryThe gastric balloon reduces the stomach for a time – without surgery, swallowed or placed endoscopically.
  • EndoscopicWeight Doctors SLEEVE® – the endoscopic stomach reduction without an incision, a gastric sleeve from the inside.
  • SurgicalWeight Doctors BARIATRICS® – bariatric surgery, for example as a gastric sleeve or gastric bypass.
  • After a previous operationWeight Doctors® REVISION – correction after an earlier stomach operation, for example in the case of reflux, dumping or renewed weight gain.
  • After weight lossWeight Doctors® RESHAPE – body contouring, if excess skin remains after weight loss.

Costs: the Weight Doctors® MEMBERSHIP as the basis

The prerequisite for GLP-⁠1 pharmacotherapy is the Weight Doctors® MEMBERSHIP. It is the structure that supports every therapy and is what makes telemedical therapy management by our specialists possible in the first place. Through the Membership you can reach a qualified specialist 365 days a year without waiting.

The fee is from €599 for 3 months or €1,399 for 12 months. The medical services are billed under the German medical fee schedule (GOÄ). The prescribed medication is not included in the fee; you obtain it through your pharmacy.

The Membership includes:

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  • Weight Doctors® App for iOS and Android
  • Digital Bluetooth body scales
  • Aftercare and coaching with the 360 coaches
  • Weight Doctors® Mira, available around the clock
  • 3D Bodyscan up to twice a year
  • Specialist access 365 days a year
  • E-prescription service without postal dispatch
  • Recipe book, webinars, media library, community

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Paying in instalments: how it works

If you would like to spread the costs over a longer period, payment in instalments via our partner Capitec is possible. You decide the instalment amount and term yourself; Capitec reviews your application promptly. You submit the application together with us during your consultation, by phone or entirely paperless online – more under Pay in instalments.

The requirement is sufficient creditworthiness. In detail:

  • Main residence in Germany
  • no negative Schufa entries
  • employed or retired, with disposable income
  • Students, trainees and homemakers can enter a second person from the same household as the borrower – a parent, child, spouse or partner

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Your specialists

In specialist hands.

39 doctors in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and South Africa – at the Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik in Wertheim and at your location.

  • GermanyDr. JohnSpecialist in internal medicine & gastroenterology
  • GermanyNetherlandsDr. MörmelSpecialist in internal medicine
  • GermanyProf. UyakSpecialist in internal medicine and emergency medicine
  • GermanyDr. SudholtSpecialist in internal medicine
  • GermanyE. BeckerSpecialist in internal medicine
  • GermanyDr. ZimmerSpecialist in internal medicine / gastroenterology
  • GermanyM. Al RashdanSpecialist in internal medicine & gastroenterology
  • GermanyM. Al HamedSpecialist in internal medicine & gastroenterology
  • NetherlandsDr. StraathofSpecialist in gastroenterology & hepatology
  • United KingdomDr. BansiSpecialist in gastroenterology
  • South AfricaDr. NaiduSpecialist in internal medicine

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Frequently asked questions

Questions about Weight Doctors® GLP-⁠1 pharmacotherapy

Your question isn’t listed? Your specialist will take time for it during the consultation.

What is Weight Doctors® GLP-⁠1 pharmacotherapy?

Our medically led treatment concept for weight loss without a procedure. Your specialist assesses your health situation, prescribes – where medically appropriate – a modern GLP-⁠1 preparation and supports you with monthly progress checks. The basis is the Weight Doctors® MEMBERSHIP; it is structured independently of any particular medication.

How does the therapy work?

It begins with a detailed initial specialist consultation with a careful medical history. If drug therapy is an option, you receive your prescription as an e-prescription for the pharmacy of your choice. After that, your specialist checks weight, tolerability and progress every month and adjusts the dosage if needed.

What forms of administration are there?

The therapy is possible in different forms of administration: as an injection with a pen, which you administer yourself after medical instruction, and – after market launch – in tablet form. Which form of administration and which preparation are suitable for you is decided by your specialist after a medical assessment and discussed with you in detail. How self-administration with the pen works is shown in the step-by-step guide.

Who is the therapy suitable for?

For people with significant excess weight – as a rule from a BMI of 30, and from 27 with weight-related comorbidities such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol or type 2 diabetes. It is not suitable, among other cases, during pregnancy and breastfeeding or with certain pre-existing conditions. If it is not an option for you, we will show you other paths.

How long does the therapy last?

The therapy is individually designed to last 3–12 months. This leaves enough time to establish it calmly, to monitor your progress closely and to change your eating and exercise habits permanently. Whether it continues afterwards, you discuss with your specialist towards the end.

How quickly do I get my prescription?

Our aim is for your e-prescription to be ready, as a rule, within 24 hours of the medical consultation – digitally and without postal dispatch. You redeem it at a pharmacy of your choice, in person or online.

Do I have to come to a clinic for this?

Not necessarily. Thanks to video consultation, e-prescription and the Weight Doctors® App, the therapy is also possible by telemedicine. If you prefer to come in person, we will advise you at our locations.

How much can I lose with GLP-⁠1 therapy?

On average, a weight reduction of around 15% is possible. How much it will be in your case depends on your medical situation and on how you change your diet and exercise. Results vary from person to person.

What happens if I do not tolerate my medication?

Contact us at any time if side effects occur. Your specialist will then review the dosage, preparation and form of administration and adjust your treatment plan – or end the therapy in a controlled way. Do not stop your medication on your own without consulting a doctor. In the event of acute symptoms or signs of a severe allergic reaction, please seek medical help immediately.

Can I combine the therapy with other treatments?

Yes. It can be used before, during or after a stomach reduction or stabilise your weight as part of Weight Doctors® RESHAPE. Whether and how a combination makes sense in your case, you discuss with your specialist.

Is there an alternative without medication?

Yes: Weight Doctors® hydroGMA is an endoscopic treatment of around 30 minutes without an incision, which acts on the hunger hormone ghrelin – entirely without medication. Whether it is an option for you, we clarify in the consultation.

What happens when the therapy ends?

Towards the end, you discuss with your specialist whether the therapy will be continued or tapered off in a controlled way; on request, an extension by a further year is possible. What matters afterwards, you can read in the article GLP-⁠1 explained honestly.

What does the therapy cost?

The prerequisite is the Weight Doctors® MEMBERSHIP; the fee is from €599 for 3 months or €1,399 for 12 months. Included are, among other things, the initial specialist consultation, the medical review of an individual prescription, the monthly progress checks and the Membership tools – from the app, scales and 3D Bodyscan (depending on location) to the recipe book with nutrition guide, webinars, media library and community. The medical services are billed under the German medical fee schedule (GOÄ). The prescribed medication is not included in the fee; you obtain it through your pharmacy.

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Weight Doctors® GLP-⁠1 pharmacotherapy

Medication-based, no procedure

Medically supervised pharmacotherapy with regular progress monitoring – with no procedure at all.

Duration3–12 months
Pricefrom €599
No procedure

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Nutrition coaching

Nutrition coaching and support in everyday life – in person, by video and in the app.

Durationper session
Pricefrom R 2,765
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Temporary, also swallowable

A temporary companion for 6 or 12 months – also swallowable, with no endoscopy at all.

Duration6 or 12 months
Pricefrom R 69,000
No surgery

Weight Doctors SLEEVE®

Endoscopic, permanent

Permanent stomach reduction without conventional surgery – endoscopic, outpatient, without scars.

Duration30–60 min
Pricefrom R 219,000
With surgery

Weight Doctors BARIATRICS®

Surgical, minimally invasive

Gastric bypass or gastric sleeve surgery for higher BMIs, incl. preliminary examination and aftercare.

Duration1–3 nights
Pricefrom R 289,000

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