Roberto Biggins, who is one of the growing number of celebrities turning to the jabs, has revealed that he is taking the drug Mounjaro and has credited it with facilitating his dramatic transformation.
Actor Christopher Biggins has revealed he is using weight loss jabs as he needed to lose weight after having surgery on his knee.
Biggins, 76, a Porridge star, stated that Eli Lilly and the government are working together to combat obesity by making Mounjaro. He claimed for GB News, “I think Mounjaro is good. Because of the pressure on the knee, I had to have a new knee put in.
Biggins also claimed that “they’re now finding out that this drug can cure a lot of other things” and added that “we don’t know the side effects” of it yet. It comes after Stacey Solomon was forced to hit back as fans called her ‘smug’ after luxury £1,000 a night holiday.
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Weight loss jabs have been hailed as transformative by health leaders. The phased NHS roll-out of Lilly’s weight loss jab Mounjaro to patients in England started in June for people with a body mass index (BMI) over 40 and at least four co-morbidities.
Over the next three years, about 240,000 patients are expected to be eligible for the treatment. A number of celebrities have used medication in a bid to control their weight, including former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne. Gemma Collins also recently said that she’s feeling more confident than ever since she started taking diabetes drug Mounjaro earlier this year.
And now, having shed some pounds, the former TOWIE star claims she’s ‘saving the NHS’ with her new weight.
“I’ve lost so much weight, you wouldn’t believe it. It’s the only thing I’ve managed to lose weight on without putting myself on a stressful diet. It is a revolutionary, life changing drug for people that are overweight. I feel so much happier in myself, I feel a million dollars,” says Gemma.
She continued, “I believe I’m actually saving the NHS.” I won’t be using the NHS because I have an illness related to obesity. I’m grateful for life, honey.
Gemma acknowledged that she feels completely new and that it’s a shame that she had to wait until she was 44 before this life-altering drug was released. “It’s just so lovely now that I can live like a normal person,” she said.
There is no longer any food noise. The Romford-born actress said, “I feel so much better and free as a person to concentrate on other things,” “because I’m not constantly thinking about food.”
Gemma and other people who have been taking the medication may not like it, though.
Eli Lilly is set to significantly hike the UK price of its weight-loss and diabetes medication Mounjaro, with some dosages expected to see a staggering 170 percent increase starting from September.
The pharmaceutical giant has justified the price surge as an effort to “address pricing inconsistencies compared with other developed countries, including in Europe” and to ensure equitable global contributions towards funding medical research.
Source: Mirror
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