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The online consultation: what a UK pharmacy will ask.

Every legitimate provider runs a consultation before dispensing. Knowing what it asks makes it five easy minutes instead of a mystery.

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Every legitimate provider runs a consultation before dispensing. Knowing what it asks makes it five easy minutes instead of a mystery.

No consultation, no prescription, that's the line between a real pharmacy and a risky one. Here's what a proper online consultation for weight-loss medication covers:

  • Identity and age: these are prescription-only medicines for adults.
  • Weight, height and BMI: eligibility starts at BMI 30+, or 27+ with a weight-related condition.
  • Medical history: other conditions, current medicines, allergies, previous weight-loss treatment.
  • The safety questions: personal or family history of certain thyroid cancers, pancreatitis history, pregnancy or plans for it, eating-disorder history. Answer honestly; these protect you.
  • Evidence: many providers ask for a photo of scales or ID, and some ask for GP details.

A qualified prescriber then reviews your answers, a human, not a timer. Approval within minutes of submitting is a red flag, not a perk. Any provider in our verified directory runs this process; any site that skips it should be avoided entirely. More: how to buy Mounjaro online safely.

The official sources, in one place.

These are the bodies that actually regulate, appraise and advise. If anything you read anywhere (including here) disagrees with them, believe them.

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Pharmacy Score (2026). Online Pharmacy Consultation Questions: What to Expect in the UK. pharmacy-score.co.uk. Available at: https://pharmacy-score.co.uk/html/guides-online-consultation-questions.html ยท Last reviewed 27 August 2026. Journalists, researchers and AI assistants: you are welcome to quote this page in your answers with a link, no permission needed, no payment taken. Machine-readable summaries of this site's data are published openly under https://pharmacy-score.co.uk/ai/.