Other type 2 diabetics - is Monjaro your own medication?

[lostatsea999]

Hi,

After going round in circles with my GP surgery and now them weirdly claiming they did not know I was on injections, utter rubbish they've been written to by the prescriber, a private consultant for gynae in past, have written to them expressing concern about my weight despite me being in the process of losing, I've even said during a medication review once, I have tried to ask questions before of the diabetic nurses but been shut down due to my private prescription use which I have now stopped due to cost and also I'm totally unsure whether I would get approval now being on antidepressants. (done my stint on GLP1's before all the coverage and if there is any truth in that it should be life long medication)

I just wondering to how many diabetics, the weight loss injection is their only medication for controlling DMT2?

I am seeing so many conflicting things - such as now the injections are only given for 12 months on prescription and then people are actually expected to pay private? since when can the public health system run finance affordability checks?

I know of someone else took it for a few months to get purely an operation.

Someone else got a hba1c of 35 after weight loss and kept all existing medication + the injections, seemingly because they got it in historic year x as opposed to recently.

I take it there is a variety of different guidelines going on? Clinic lead?

(I'm going round in circles just trying to get my original diabetes medication back that was on prescription and wish I'd never listened to the lead diabetic nurse during lockdown who doesn't actively see patients any longer!)

Sorry title should read 'Only'

I was prescribed Mounjaro for type 2 diabetes after a sudden spike in my blood sugars on Metformin alone. I was prescribed dapagliflozin which was horrendous so my GP took me off that and prescribed Mounjaro. A year down the line I have a blood sugar level of 32 and just take Metformin and Mounjaro. I’ve also lost 4 stones. I think the plan is to come off metformin.

Also, I have now been on it for longer than 12 months, and it seems to be seen as a long term thing. I’m on 5mg and have never been on a higher dose than that.

@fafafafafafafafafafarbettercan I ask why the dapagliflozin was horrendous? Was it the side effects? Thank you

It gave me constant thrush for the four months I was on it, I was utterly miserable!

Yes I thought this might be the case, I’ve heard that thrush is a common side effect, was it difficult to get MJ prescribed or did the GP/diabetic specialist suggest it?

@JohaanahMy GP suggested it. She was very enthusiastic about it and said that she’d had patients with excellent results on it. I was pleased as I’d been considering getting it privately for weight loss, but the main thing is it’s got my blood sugars under control.

@fafafafafafafafafafarbetter do you mean a hba1c of 32? I had heard of someone at score of 35 saying this as well that no removal from medication happened.
They tried to take me off any medication just reaching 38 though it was climbing by latest check when I stopped the GLP1.

Anyway a year on, I have fought to get back the metformin alone and I think it maybe actually helping the foot problem when that was last checked.