The Everwell Weight Loss Programme

• The rise in popularity of injectable weight loss medications has brought significant media attention. If you are considering weight loss medication, it is important that this is prescribed by an Irish Medical Council (IMC) registered Doctor who will issue you with a prescription to be dispensed by a legitimate and regulated pharmacy operation. 

• Everwell’s doctors are regulated by, and registered with, the IMC. Our doctors adhere to the Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Medical Practitioners and maintain their IMC registration through continuous professional development.

• ePharm NI is registered with the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland under registration number 584. The Pharmacy’s Superintendent Pharmacist is Jason Murphy (PSNI Reg. No. 4659). 

• The Everwell business is owned by Saxonvale Limited (in the process of changing its name to Everwell Digital Healthcare Group Limited), a company registered in Ireland with company registration number 778251. Our registered office is 20 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, D02 H364.

• If you have any concerns regarding the legitimacy of our service, please contact us and a member of the team will give you a call. You can contact us by email at hello@joineverwell.ie, by telephone at +353 1 233 7359, or via WhatsApp Chat on +353 83 132 3105 (message only).

• All of Everwell’s doctors are regulated by, and registered with, the Irish Medical Council (IMC). Our doctors adhere to the Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Medical Practitioners and maintain their IMC registration through continuous professional development.

• As part of the Weight Loss Programme, our Doctors may prescribe you weight loss medication if you are eligible after a face-to-face video consultation. Whenever you sign-up for the monthly Programme, you have the option to consent and direct us to share that prescription to be fulfilled by ePharm NI. 

• ePharm NI is registered with the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland under registration number 584. The Pharmacy’s Superintendent Pharmacist is Jason Murphy (PSNI Reg. No. 4659). The Pharmacy is an independent third party to Everwell and there is no contractual business relationship between them. Everwell is not a pharmacy and does supply, sell, hold or dispense medication of any kind.

• Everwell takes the protection of your data extremely seriously. That's why we've invested heavily in purchasing a best-in-class clinical management platform called Semble to hold this data safely. 

• Semble has top-of-the-line security infrastructure, is GDPR compliant and has attained ISO 27001:2013 (Information security management systems) status. The controls Semble has implemented to protect your data are in addition to Everwell's own data protection policies and internal procedures. 

• Everwell will only ever ask you for data that is relevant to considering your eligibility for treatment, or data such as identity, payment and address data that is essential for us to provide you with a prescription and communicate with you about your subscription.

• For further information about the data we collect, and how it is used and stored, please see our Privacy Policy.

Whenever you sign up to Everwell’s Weight Loss Programme, you’ll be required to:

• Answer some questions about your medical history and why you’d like to join Everwell’s Weight Loss Programme 
• Share some current photos of yourself to share with our doctors through a secure online portal
• Verify your identity through a secure online portal

Once these steps are completed, one of our doctors will reach out to arrange a video consultation at a time convenient to you. They will:

• Confirm that you are the Everwell account holder
• Discuss your questionnaire responses with you
• Make a decision on whether you are eligible for treatment

If our doctor confirms that you are eligible for treatment, they will create a prescription for you, that will be sent to a pharmacy with your consent and at your direction, and you’ll be sent a secure link to pay for your medication from that pharmacy.

Every month, you will be asked to submit your current weight, height and new photos of yourself. You will also be asked certain questions with regard to the treatment.

Unless you cancel your subscription, you will be charged every 30 days after your first payment date using the card you originally paid with.

• It’s important to note that not all patients will lose weight when they take these medications.
• A healthy diet and rigorous exercise program is essential, however even still some patients may not lose weight.
• According to clinical trials, patients on Wegovy could expect to lose approx. 15% of their body weight at 68 weeks after commencing treatment.
• According to clinical trials, patients on Mounjaro could expect to lose >15% of their body weight in a similar timeframe (72 weeks).
• Patients on Alli could expect to lose on average 7% of their bodyweight in 6 months, after this it should be discontinued.
• Further information is available on the European Medicines agency website.

We will not provide a treatment plan to people who:

• are planning to conceive in the next 3 months, actively trying to conceive, who are pregnant, or who are breastfeeding
• have Type 1 diabetes
• are on anticoagulant medications (blood thinners)
• have a history of advanced liver or kidney disease  
• are under 18 years old
• are resident outside of Ireland
• do not meet the Everwell criteria for weight loss management

• When you sign up to Everwell’s Weight Loss Programme, and we’ve confirmed your consent for us to send your prescription to ePharm NI each month, you’ll then be able to choose whether you collect your medication from the pharmacy site, or have it couriered to your home address. 

• All medication costs are payable directly to the Pharmacy and are not included in your subscription to Everwell. The pharmacy will send you a separate link through which to pay for your medication each month, as long as the doctor approves your prescription. You can find out more about this here.

• If you do not wish to use ePharm NI to provide your medication, you can opt-out of this at any time by emailing us, hello@joineverwell.ie.

Mounjaro and Wegovy are both administered at home by the patient from a pre-filled pen:

• You will inject the medication, once weekly in the stomach (abdomen) into the sub-cutaneous tissue close to the surface of the skin.
• You can also use other areas such as the upper arm / thigh area, but most people use the abdomen, it is important to rotate injection sites.

There are detailed instructions in the Patient Information Leaflets for each of Mounjaro and Wegovy.

Alli is an oral medication taken in tablet form at mealtimes. Further information can be found in the Patient Information Leaflet enclosed with the medication.

• It’s essential that your GP is aware that you are taking weight loss medication. This is so that they can take into consideration the treatment you are being prescribed by Everwell when discussing any other medication you may require in the future. 

• As part of our normal processes, when you are prescribed medication by an Everwell doctor, we will notify your GP, but we would recommend that you discuss this with them at your next appointment too.