To have turned down Munjaro?

Your GP is wrong.

You quoted the whole OP, @BoredZelda, just to make a comment that shows you didn't read/comprehend it.

The only way Mounjaro will give you hepatitis is if you share a needle with someone who has hepatitis. Don't do that and you'll be fine 🙄

If the fear of some short term side effects is greater than the fear of dying from diabetes then turn down Mounjaro by all means. Millions of people are on Mounjaro with no ill effects, losing weight with very little effort.

I would at least try it in your position.

Have a read of this. Mounjaro not just helping weight loss but also blood sugar and blood pressure.

BBC News - Mounjaro vs Wegovy: Weight-loss drugs in head-to-head trial - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy75dk8kjr1o

I think it is worth doing especially if you will be monitored by a gp. You just need to follow advice - hydrate, eat regularly and keep your doctor in the loop about any side effects.

The hepatitis thing is utterly batshit

Surely your GP outlined all the pros and cons of side effects of weight loss injections versus health damage of being morbidly obese with uncontrolled diabetes??

and yet you choose to listen to heresay and scare articles?
Any pharmacist giving out false information about hepatitis should be struck off.

If you raised this as a concern with your GP, they would have quickly corrected this misinformation .

you do know that you are at extremely high risk of liver damage from being morbidly obese?

You obviously worked very hard to loose 6 st and want to lose weight. Don’t let all that hard work be in vain. Accept the extra help via weight loss injections recommended to you by your gp.

I think you are mad tbh. It’s a life changing medication for people in your situation. You don’t even know if you would have suffered any side effects but even if you did you have to weigh up the pros and cons. You could have at least tried it and if you did suffer badly not continued. You were offered a piece of good dust today. The vast majority are paying £150 ish a month for theirs.

Definitely try this diet. I have been doing it as I am pre diabetic and am losing weight for the first time. Good luck with whatever you decide x

My relative is on monjaro for diabetes.
since being on it her levels have consistently been going down- yes there has been weight loss but that’s an added bonus.
Diabetes is quite serious- you’re lucky to have been offered it on the nhs.
You could always give it a try

I take Mounjaro and side effects have been minimal. I have lost 2 st 11 lb since the end of October, so not fast which I am hoping that will make it easier to keep off. The risks I am at from obesity outweigh the risks of the jab for me and it has been life changing. If I had diabetes and could get it free on the NHS I would jump at it. I pay privately. Do some research for yourself and then see how you feel. I have never heard hepatitis being associated and I have read a lot about It.

That’s the most bizarre nonsense I’ve read to date!

My Dad died due to complications associated with diabetes, if he hadn't of died he was facing an amputation of his leg. You are ill informed OP and need to urgently do more research into it.

pharmacist

(And you don't need to quote the op....)

Food Noise, by Jack Mosley, is a fantastic book which explores the benefits and the disadvantages of weight loss drugs. It also covers diet and exercise. I’ve just finished listening to the audio version on Spotify and it was such an informative read.

Quite frankly if insulin is not controlling your blood sugars then I think you need to reconsider.

Losing 6st is absolutely amazing and you should be very proud but at 5ft 4in and 16st+ you are still very overweight.

You need to thoroughly research MJ / Wegovy before discounting it.

Your GP is wrong.

You need to do something if despite an incredible weight loss, your bloods are so high - not all T2 patients are able to control their levels, as you are now finding out.

My best mate refused them and was originally upset about the pain from peripheral neuropathy he'd developed. He lost a lot of weight when he was told he needed to start insulin, but then had the first of five strokes this time last year due to his cholesterol levels being so high for so long instead.

It's a medication designed for diabetes that treats diabetes, obesity, inflammation and high cholesterol - is that not worth giving more thought to beyond the general disapproval and scare stories?

In my first week of using ozempic my insulin doses halved! I've taken 6 doses now, lost 1 stone, and my sugar levels are almost always in normal range.

I have recently become seriously unwell due to my obesity. It’s been a real shock and I’ve been in denial about how fat I’ve become.

I'm on week 2 of Mounjaro. I have to buy from a private clinic but I’m very happy to have the chance to try something that could help me make such huge changes in my life.

no real side effects and 3kg weight loss with a lot more exercise and a loss less food. I am really excited and cautiously hopeful that I maybe will get to a normal weight.

of course you must do what you feel is right for you but if a doctor has told you your life is in danger because of your diabetes then perhaps you need to think about what’s worse. Fear of a new drug or probable sickness and worse ahead.

I had severe side effects but they passed after less than a week. I didn't carry on but I've since recommended it to friends bc I recognise that I am unusual.

Wow. I'm really surprised at what your pharmacist told you. There are thousands of people taking MJ, and the majority of them are experiencing the easiest, healthiest weight loss of their lives. I was on MJ for 4 months, lost the weight I needed to, then maintained by keeping the healthier eating habits I 'learned' on Mounjuro.

There are side effects with many forms of medication. The risks with MJ are generally recognised - as a pp mentioned - to be low, and the benefits are life and health-changing.

Someone the other day on here said someone at work had lost weight and had loads of ‘Track marks’ up their arm 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hepatitis? Seriously? Oh dear.

Anyway, back in the real world, there is hardly anything more dangerous you can do to your health than be extremely overweight.

I've lost 3 stones on MJ and experienced zero side effects. My cholesterol is much reduced and all my middle aged aches & pains have disappeared. I know several people also on it with no side effects either. Obviously there are numerous unpleasant (and potentially) range side effects to being very overweight too.

It sounds like you're having some very serious impacts from your weight and your uncontrolled diabetes - for me that would change whether it's worth risking the side effects some people get on mounjaro. If I were you I would go back and talk to your doctor more about the risks and benefits to you of taking mounjaro