Blanket drug ban weighs on patients' life and death battle against obesity

62-year-old Bridget, of Mayfield, says the blanket ban on pharmacy-compounded weight loss drugs will be a devastating blow to her efforts to get her health back on track. Pictures by Jonathan Carroll.

THERE is only one way forward, says Bridget, a 62-year-old Mayfield woman who is waging her own war against obesity, one kilogram at a time.

That is with the help of medication which will soon become unavailable to her, and tens of thousands of others.