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Ozempic!! Where are you buying it?

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NatureNurture85 · 04/06/2023 19:09

I’m diabetic and have it on prescription but I can’t get it anywhere!!!! I need to get back on it asap. I’m happy to pay for it now until back in stock! Help! And yes posting in AIBU for traffic.

OP posts:
teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 18:56

A bit of a silly comment, don't you think? We have ALL paid for the NHS.

MichelleScarn · 03/07/2023 19:00

@teddyandgypsy what?! Merely responding to a poster who was very disparaging about anybody taking a drug that she apparently needs.
I don't think @NatureNurture85 'apparently needs' her diabetic medication and I agree her need is greater than those NOT prescribed are taking it rather than sensible weight loss!

BiscuitsandPuffin · 03/07/2023 19:00

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 18:37

And you are thinking of who, exactly? Ozempic was put on the market and many of us bought it. There was never any question of there being shortages and now it has doubled in price and is very hard to source. Those of us using it for weight loss are just as desperate and feel annoyed that we were never warned there would be a problem. As for your situation, I am sorry you are struggling but this is certainly not the fault of those of us prepared to pay for it with hard-earned money. Doubtless you are getting your moneys worth out of the cash-strapped NHS whereas I am putting my money where my mouth is - literally.

"I'm desperate to be thin, fuck the diabetics, and I deserve it more because I didn't get it on the NHS and people with money deserve to buy your diabetes medicine out from under you so they can fit into a nice dress because people with money are more important than you".
Jesus.

OnlyFannys · 03/07/2023 19:03

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 18:56

A bit of a silly comment, don't you think? We have ALL paid for the NHS.

What is your pont exactly? You are pissed off that the nhs have (rightly) prioritised giving this drug to people with diabetes over people who use it for weight loss? There are many other options available to those needing to lose weight whereas those who need it to control their diabetes do not have the same options. You are not more entitled because you pay for it

Springingintosummer · 03/07/2023 19:09

I am not prescribed ozempic as pre-diabetic but was thinking of buying it to help prevent diabetes. Had gestational diabetes in all pregnancies. Asked Gp for help with weight loss, no help available.

having seen a parent die due to complications with diabetes I hope stocks increase.

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 20:16

Careful. You'll fall over that chip and hurt yourself.

OnlyFannys · 03/07/2023 20:20

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 20:16

Careful. You'll fall over that chip and hurt yourself.

The irony 😂

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 20:22

Do you actually know anything about Ozempic? I ask because you talk as if it is some magic pill that takes away the weight without any effort on behalf of the person taking it. Weight loss on Ozempic is the best kind - slow, and if you use it properly, steady. Losing 1b a week is the average. All it does is slightly take the edge off your appetite which gives you the impetus to eat less which then (hopefully) becomes a habit and re-trains the patient in their eating habits. It is chronically easy to over-ride the drug and just pig out as you may always have been doing. Steady weight loss requires effort and discipline and a little help from Ozempic. As many diabetics have come to their situation through morbid obesity, one would have hoped that they would feel a little more generous to those trying to stave off the condition.

sparklefresh · 03/07/2023 20:25

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 18:37

And you are thinking of who, exactly? Ozempic was put on the market and many of us bought it. There was never any question of there being shortages and now it has doubled in price and is very hard to source. Those of us using it for weight loss are just as desperate and feel annoyed that we were never warned there would be a problem. As for your situation, I am sorry you are struggling but this is certainly not the fault of those of us prepared to pay for it with hard-earned money. Doubtless you are getting your moneys worth out of the cash-strapped NHS whereas I am putting my money where my mouth is - literally.

Wait, are you really comparing people who choose to take it for vanity to those with diabetes who need it? Wow.

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 20:29

I don't have any evidence that the NHS have prioritised those with diabetes but I would commend it if this is a step they have taken. I think it would be pointless prescribing Ozempic for weight loss to new patients when it is clear that supplies have virtually dried up. The last thing a person with a serious weight problem needs is yet another failure.
As for people paying for the drug, why on earth shouldn't they? I would commend them for using their money to achieve a more healthy body rather than expecting the NHS to cough up for everything. If more people realised that they bear some responsibility for their health and that in future they will have to put their hands in their pockets, the more whatever replaces the dinosaur that is the NHS may have a chance of offering basic and emergency health care. I pay to go private because I do not trust the NHS to be there in my hour of need. I make many sacrifices to pay the subscription to BUPA, giving up things that I see others indulging themselves with because they think they have a right to free health care. In theory, they do. The reality is, free at the point of need is only a slogan when the system simply isn't accessible when needed.

Abbimae · 03/07/2023 20:30

All these narcissistic women making TikTok’s about how to buy it taking up the stock

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 20:32

What a strange thing to say. We are expected to have sympathy for diabetics (which mainly we do) but people trying to tackle a weight problem are, according to your warped vision, simply vain. Perhaps you should share that POV with your GP. Unutterably selfish.

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 20:34

Can't comment as would rather clean the windows than watch Tik Tok. I must say, though, you are giving me a rather strange view of diabetics as totally entitled and utterly disgruntled if they can't get what they want. Not to mention the sweeping generalisation of condemning all those genuinely trying to do something about their wait problem as vain. Its enlightened thinking like that .... that probably leads to diabetes from morbid obesity.

Jinglybangly · 03/07/2023 20:39

If you can't get Ozempic you could ask GP to prescribe Rybelsus instead. It is still Senaglutide but in tablet form. It is what diabetic DH is prescribed.

MichelleScarn · 03/07/2023 20:40

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 20:22

Do you actually know anything about Ozempic? I ask because you talk as if it is some magic pill that takes away the weight without any effort on behalf of the person taking it. Weight loss on Ozempic is the best kind - slow, and if you use it properly, steady. Losing 1b a week is the average. All it does is slightly take the edge off your appetite which gives you the impetus to eat less which then (hopefully) becomes a habit and re-trains the patient in their eating habits. It is chronically easy to over-ride the drug and just pig out as you may always have been doing. Steady weight loss requires effort and discipline and a little help from Ozempic. As many diabetics have come to their situation through morbid obesity, one would have hoped that they would feel a little more generous to those trying to stave off the condition.

It helps loose 1lb a week? This is bonkers, so they are taking essential medication from people rather than cut/burn 500 calories a day?

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 20:40

Heavens, somebody expressing a sound POV at last. I spoke to a supplier last week who explained the problem to me and how their costs have risen by nearly 40% since the Danish manufacturers decided to shift supplies to the US. To be sure I wasn't being spun a line, I checked this out with three other suppliers, picked at random, and the story is the same. If I were you I wouldn't buy until the situation is resolved because otherwise you will end up like so many of us - a few weeks and many £'s into the course, and then left flat. The injections come in different strengths and so many are now either without any supply at all or stuck on a strength level which is frustrating.

Its good to hear that, like myself, you are taking responsibility for your health and looking to prevent future problems. The diabetic lobby on here seem fairly unpleasant, maintaining that anybody wishing to use Ozempic is simply vain. Oh well, I suppose I could always counter that a lot of diabetics have the condition because they didn't do what we are trying to do - take control of our weight.

FasterthanBolt · 03/07/2023 20:42

After spending well over a week trying to source it for diabetes I put the blame firmly at those using it for obesity. There are many ways to lose weight and using a 'miracle drug' to do so is ridiculous. It will cause short term loss and does nothing to tackle the epidemic of obesity. Type one diabetes cannot be cured in the way obesity can by lifestyle choices

FasterthanBolt · 03/07/2023 20:44

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 20:40

Heavens, somebody expressing a sound POV at last. I spoke to a supplier last week who explained the problem to me and how their costs have risen by nearly 40% since the Danish manufacturers decided to shift supplies to the US. To be sure I wasn't being spun a line, I checked this out with three other suppliers, picked at random, and the story is the same. If I were you I wouldn't buy until the situation is resolved because otherwise you will end up like so many of us - a few weeks and many £'s into the course, and then left flat. The injections come in different strengths and so many are now either without any supply at all or stuck on a strength level which is frustrating.

Its good to hear that, like myself, you are taking responsibility for your health and looking to prevent future problems. The diabetic lobby on here seem fairly unpleasant, maintaining that anybody wishing to use Ozempic is simply vain. Oh well, I suppose I could always counter that a lot of diabetics have the condition because they didn't do what we are trying to do - take control of our weight.

And what about us with type one diabetes which isn't a lifestyle choice? What do we do?

BeeHappy12 · 03/07/2023 20:46

FasterthanBolt · 03/07/2023 20:42

After spending well over a week trying to source it for diabetes I put the blame firmly at those using it for obesity. There are many ways to lose weight and using a 'miracle drug' to do so is ridiculous. It will cause short term loss and does nothing to tackle the epidemic of obesity. Type one diabetes cannot be cured in the way obesity can by lifestyle choices

FYI Ozempic isn't licensed for Type 1 diabetes, only Type 2 which is overwhelming (but not exclusively) caused by obesity.

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 20:46

Perhaps you could explain how they are 'taking essential medication from people?' You think all this Ozempic that people are paying for would otherwise be in the NHS, do you????????????? 1b a week is probably the minimum you lose and some lose more but the important thing is to maintain loss. 1b a week is a lot to lose over a year but it seems you do not know much about weight management but prefer to join the entitlement lobby. I think I give up now. Have tried to have reasonable debate but so many are stuck in 'I want it, I'm entitled and it must be someone else's fault' mode. Would also point out, which you strangely neglect to mention, the very high percentage of people who became diabetic because they let themselves get morbidly obese. Perhaps we should blame them in the way you want to castigate people who are using their own resources to avoid the diabetic route? Enjoy your entitlement.

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 20:48

Oh well said. I was just about to make the same point myself. The vast majority of people who have got a prescription for diabetes have the condition because they let themselves get obese. Perhaps we should outlaw them from the drug that they are so keen to hog?

teddyandgypsy · 03/07/2023 20:51

I have no idea because Ozempic is not the right treatment so quite why you are commenting on a thread about Ozempic is puzzling

MichelleScarn · 03/07/2023 20:51

This is clearly an emotional topic for you @teddyandgypsy but whether is being used for type1 or 2 diabetes that's still a medical condition.

Sparklesocks · 03/07/2023 20:54

@teddyandgypsy having a tantrum over multiple posts in a row isn’t exactly endearing people to your cause

Murdoch1949 · 03/07/2023 23:08

I also am type 2 diabetic, and been on Ozempic for 6 months. Have never had an issue with supply except once at the beginning when could not get the 0.5. My local pharmacy supplies it with my other NHS medication, monthly. I've had zero side effects and have lost 9 kg, which I am pleased with. I am horrified at the retail price of the drug, however, I know that the NHS pays a fraction of that amount.