Ozempic getting popular?

Is it safe? Do your own research to determine your level of risk. For me I think it's safe enough to try.

Is it easy? Not really, you still have to watch what you eat and exercise etc but it does make it much easier to do this because it switches off the food noise. You lose weight at your own pace, I do 1500 calories per day, moderate exercise x5 a week and it is coming off about 300gm a week and a stall on my period week. Without the drugs, this would be killing me to expend this much effort and not see any reward.

But why take drugs? I liken it to anti- depressants. Some people don't need them or respond well, some people use them as scaffolding during a time of getting better and some people need to stay on them.

I think the drugs are particularly good for those with 3stone plus to lose who are slow losers, have medical conditions or disordered eating patterns and have never really responded to traditional methods because of the food noise (which drives you crazy the more you restrict). If you don't have it, you'll never understand it but maybe you can think of a pet that loves food and cannot be trusted with food and one that's not bothered. For years I ate a severely restricted diet because I was determined to not be fat but I was thinking about food non-stop. It was such a massive waste of time. For me to ping over to a world where food is fuel is life changing. Our whole society is obesiogenic, these drugs are a leveller.

But if you are taking them to go from a size 10 to a size 6 - you are definitely irresponsible.

What is this mechanism please?

I reckon my doctor will want me to take it when it’s on the NHS.

It’s also pretty funny that the COL crisis is being talked about so widely and yet people can find hundreds of pounds a pop to fund this stuff.

All I know is my absolutely worst feeling in the world is nausea. Honestly shudder just thinking about that feeling. So that alone would make me not touch semi-glutide. However if they reformulate to make that disappear as a side effect I’d probably be much more interested.

I am talking about Mounjaro.

A link or screenshot would be much appreciated.

@FoxInABox If you look on the Continuing Mounjaro Thread 11, there is loads of info sharing about the cheapest and most reliable pharmacy's.
£114 was Voy using a code, all my others were Med Express with codes. Med Express now don't do codes so not quite as cheap but still very good. Currently Zava and Family Chemist looking the best value and lots of people moving to them. But if you look on the thread you will get lots of info.
Note they all ask for photos, id and will notify your GP.

Please do tell me where it's £175 for 2.4 of Wegovy? Would be happy to switch provider if I can get it so much cheaper.

Yes but you stated it is not prescribed for diabetes. That's incorrect. Also did you read the link..?

"Supply issues with glucagon like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are not expected to ease until late 2024, and these shortages have impacted supplies of GLP-1 RAs including Ozempic and Trulicity... What’s the latest with GLP-1 RA supply issues? We are concerned about the ongoing shortages of GLP-1 medications which are having serious implications for many people with type 2 diabetes." This then links to another page that says "The global shortage in supply is partly due to a surge in off-label prescriptions of the drug semaglutide being issued for weight loss, which is exceeding supply."

Just accept what you said was wrong.

Funny because that doesn't seem to match the science at all.

Wow, it sounds like the injections cause price rage 😁. When I looked at getting them last year, my private clinic was charging £295pm, I think this was WeGovy, before Mounjaro was released. I'm pleased they are cheaper now.

@YellowCloud I'm on Phentermine tablets.

@AllBlackEverything Except that it's available significantly cheaper than you claim. You get the starter dose from £114. I have never paid more than £155 and will get high dose readily available for £175.

I’d prefer if these injection threads had their own section. Not everyone can take them, I can’t for medical reasons so I don’t want to hear about people losing loads of weight by taking them when I’m looking for people trying to lose weight without which is a slow slow process. I don’t care if people take them, you’re making a choice to put something into your body to lose weight fine cool up to you completely. There are just so many of them now.

What are the cheaper tablets you use, if you don’t mind me asking?

It's also literally prescribed for weight loss. So weight loss users are not causing a shortage. That's the misinformation.

I'll respond to your edit too - READ BACK.

I said it starts at around £150, up to £300 for highest.

My numbers were slightly out as I see it now starts at £169 and top dose is £269.

You are being weirdly aggressive about this.

Re prices - they were ridiculously high last summer where there was a shortage - £300 for even the 0.5mg ozempic/wegovy was the going rate. Thankfully it’s much cheaper now that prodiction has increased and there is also Mounjaro.

You can also get it with a BMI of 27 if you are of certain ethnicities - you can be overweight(/obese) at a size 10, for example if you are a petite woman of Indian origin. Several of my Indian aunties/cousins are visibly overweight when only a size 10 in some brands, so dress size doesn;t necessarily correlate to a healthy BMI for some ethnicities/body types.

I didn't say £300, read back. I said £280 for top dose, I was out by £11 🤷🏻‍♀️

I was simply responding to whoever said it's nowhere near £300. £269 is pretty close.

@AllBlackEverything So not £280 as you claimed in your last post, and certainly not the £300 you originally claimed. And every other dose of Wegovy (and all the Mounjaro doses) is significantly cheaper even than that.

Do you feel that way about all medical breakthroughs? Vaccines and various medicines would all have been seen as miracles when they were discovered, yet no one is posting dark warnings over Mumsnet about the side effects of penicillin or the whooping cough vaccine.

Wegovy

As a diabetic who can't get my meds for love nor money at the moment because of the stock shortage, it infuriates me

The phrase that springs to mind for these drugs is “if it seems too good to be true, it probably is”

I think the killer side effect is that if you stop taking it, you put the weight back on plus more.
There is a mechanism as to why that happens, and that for me is going to be the sting in the tail for these drugs.

For Wegovy? If you are getting 2.4 for £175 please tell me where!