Anyone using injectible weight loss meds ? (Ozempic, etc.)

pmigirlrt
pmigirlrt Posts: 2 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Recently started using Ozempic, primarily for health reasons but of course weight is underlying factor.
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  • wk46mmknjk
    wk46mmknjk Posts: 4 Member
    I just started a few days ago. It’s primarily for weight loss but with being obese it’s also for health reasons.
  • MzBug
    MzBug Posts: 2,173 Member
    I just started Mounjaro. T2D and CKD. Changed my eating habits and got to "high normal" on the blood work. Doc wants me lower. She thinks this med is more kidney friendly than my old meds. If I lose a bit of weight, all to the good.
  • watanabelynne
    watanabelynne Posts: 3 Member
    I’ve been on semiglutide for several weeks and I’m taking it from JumpStart MD, a nutrition and hormone therapy program to help get into better health.
  • Lunasash
    Lunasash Posts: 41 Member
    Started Zepbound 4 weeks ago. Had a huge interaction with my metformin and caused gastroparesis. Threw up a few days worth of metformin at once and realized the problem. Emailed with my GI and Endo. Stopped the metformin and doing much better now. Down 26 lbs total (from before and after starting zep) and get my follow up labs in 2 weeks to see if this is making any difference at all.
  • mjsburcham2001
    mjsburcham2001 Posts: 61 Member
    I tried. It didn’t work for me unfortunately. 😫
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    CrazyMermaid1 wrote: »
    Some of the comments here are in the same realm as the “pull yourself up by the bootstraps like the rest of us do” world of people with severe mental illness (like me). Different brains work differently. Sometimes it’s all-encompassing physical hunger brought on by medication or stress. If a drug can take that focus on food away and help someone think normally about food, then I’m all for it. I don’t understand the logic of thinking it’s cheating.

    I don't see the "you'll need to change your habits" comments on this thread as the same as “pull yourself up by the bootstraps like the rest of us do.” I've heard from many people, including on this thread, that semaglutides takes away the “food noise.” This usually leads to different habits and thus weight loss.

    This "no food noise > eat less > lose weight" pattern happened to me when I was on Phen/Fen. However, I didn't retain those habits when Fenfluramine was taken off the market, and gained most of the weight back.

    I'm a lot more mindful now, no to mention older and wiser, and would hopefully retain those habits if I went off it.

    I'm with the VA and right now can't get a Rx because of the nationwide shortage and I'm not diabetic. (To my fellow veterans - in my VISN anyway, you have to complete the 16 week MOVE program before you can get in to see the weight loss doctor.)

    Because of my whole Phen/Fen experience and because I'm not sure that I could inject myself, I have mixed feelings about pursuing this, plus I'm worried about the nausea side effect.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    For those of you with the nausea side effect, how did you manage this?
  • Allgaun
    Allgaun Posts: 222 Member
    I started Zepbound last week. Other than a headache the day after the first dose I didn’t have any problems. I have to lose about 70 lbs, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, pre diabetes. I have been somewhat successful with just calorie counting, a few times I’ve lost 20-30 lbs only to regain so I decided to try something else.

    I’m disappointed with the naysayers who seem to think we’re just not trying hard enough. I need to get out of the yo yo mindset. I’ve never been able to get to an average weight on my own, months of restriction just to put it right back on.
  • josh250to180
    josh250to180 Posts: 36 Member
    Just commenting here... the pharmaceutical companies encourage obesity. They make money on it. Its their cash cow, so to speak.

    The semaglutide will ONLY work if you are not eating junk, and are elevating your physicality. Otherwise, it is just a fad without any true purpose besides making the pharmaceutical companies richer. And they know that further down the line, you will be ready to take more of their meds that enable you to still eat like crap.

    I got my bloodwork back from the doc. Tris, lipids and liver enzymes all pre-cardiac arrest. I know there is one surefire cure: eating right, eating less, losing weight and increasing cardio activity. And it all sums up to will power.

    I made a deal with him. I am going to lose weight in 2 months, and if my blood panel isn't down, I will get on the cholesterol meds until they are.

    I say all that to just make sure you only use meds until you don't have to. And most of the meds manufactured for metabolic disease most people don't need permanently. Treat it as a medical condition, not a stigma. The medical condition is poor bloodwork from poor diet and lethargy. Change that, and everything else is icing.

    Cheers!
  • josh250to180
    josh250to180 Posts: 36 Member
    Allgaun wrote: »

    I’m disappointed with the naysayers who seem to think we’re just not trying hard enough. I need to get out of the yo yo mindset. I’ve never been able to get to an average weight on my own, months of restriction just to put it right back on.

    Its not necessarily your fault. Its free-market corporate America. Most ads are about things to make you obese, or to eventually deal with the results of your obesity. Fat people make companies rich. They buy the meds, they buy the bigger sizes, they give in to temptation at literally every corner from their stressful job. They watch tv, where every other ad is either about crappy food they shouldn't eat, or a medication because they do.

    Ive been lucky to this point. I am at the limit of "I don't need medication". But I am probably 10 years or less away from a cardiac event if nothing changes. And my father just had a triple bypass, after a near-fatal heart attack. This is a man that didn't take any meds. Now, he is on 10 different meds to cure his heart. So I am mentally motivated to do better. Bring it on, corporate America. :#
  • Angelica_p2
    Angelica_p2 Posts: 4 Member
    dezs2sons wrote: »
    Yes it’s really helped me stay in control and is helping me as I learn without all the food noise

    I started taking ozempic 23rd May 2024. I have a strong family history of Diabetes and have tried everything to lose weight - which I succeed, and then put it all back on. I have been YoYo'ing all my adult life, and have other health issues because of my weight including high blood pressure and very sore knees and hips. I haven't been able to put my finger on it but thankyou - I don't have that "food noise" in my head which screams at me everytime I feel the slightest bit hungry, and when I start eating I cannot stop. The receptor in my brain that tells me I am full takes a good 2 hours to work, and at that point I have well and truly over eaten. I am now very much in control as the appetite just isn't there anymore. I believe that I just needed a little help for my Pancreas to release a bit more insulin as my food intake has been pretty healthy. I don't eat fast foods, or sugary treats, and I stick to 1200 calories a day in order to create a deficit. I feel like the semi glutide is keeping me on an even keel, and I have lost 9.7 pounds (4.4 kgs) in 5 weeks of starting the medication, with minimum side effects. I am still in the Obese category, and I just want to get to a point where I am in a normal and healthy weight range.
    I sometimes feel a bit nauseous but nothing I can't handle. I don't judge anyone that has tried semiglutide to try and get out of the Obese and overweight categories, but those who only have a few kgs to lose (who are still in the healthy weight categories, and want to take semiglutide for esthetic purposes) should perhaps try other methods before messing around with such a potent drug.

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