Stay on dose or up it?

[Traceyk56]

Hi, I’m on week 4 of Mounjaro, 2.5.. just ordered my next pen, up to 5, undecided wether to stay on 2.5 and does anyone know if I can self prescribe how much I want to take? Doing really well, lost nearly a stone in the first 4 weeks, little side effects and appetite and cravings gone! nervous to up the dose as I don’t want to feel ill, I can’t cope with that and work, thanks all x

Yes, you can stay on 2.5 for as long as it’s working for you, no need to rush to move up. If you have ordered 5 mg pen just count clicks - one dose is 60 clicks. So if you wanted to only inject 2.5 that’s 30 clicks. Another option is to buy yourself 1 ml insulin syringes and draw out 0.3 ml. Same thing.

Thank you, that’s very useful to me, nervous to up it..will try that x

I stayed on 2.5 for 3 pens as it was working and I didn’t have any side effects

I've just moved up to 5mg and it was fine, in fact seem to be getting less nausea as I was starting 2.5...maybe just getting used to it.