Medication Comparison Centre

Compare licensed treatment options side-by-side to help inform discussions with a healthcare professional.

Head-to-head comparison

This is our FIFA-style comparison tool. Pick any two medicines and compare their key strengths and considerations.

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What about Retatrutide?

Retatrutide is deliberately not treated as a current purchasable option because it is not authorised for routine UK use. You can still compare the evidence and future potential in our full guide.

Read the Retatrutide guide →

Future option: CagriSema

CagriSema is not included as a current purchasable medicine, but its evidence can now be compared with today's treatments in our full guide.

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Future medicines to watch

These are not all current UK purchasing options, so we keep them separate from the live medication selector.

Compare medication with surgery

For severe obesity, surgery can be a genuine alternative or complementary route — not a failure of medication.

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Check the NHS route first

Before paying privately, see what NHS services and referral pathways may apply to you.

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Looking at NHS access?

See which medicines sit in primary care, specialist services or phased commissioning.

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Plan for keeping it off

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