Mounjaro October starters - Thread 3

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A new one as no 2 was nearly full.

@Loujab did you do this just before you ordered your next pen then? I'm about to order my 2nd pen. I got discount on my first through blue light. Thanks

Everyone is amazing - I love this chat - it’s so supportive and helpful. I think maybe for my third pen, I might go to 5mg and just use lower dose but have the flexibility as others have suggested. At the time of ordering my second pen I was feeling a little insecure about counting clicks and changing doses but I think I’d feel more confident about that now. If you keep it in the fridge can you use past the 30 days - who knows ?!!!!

I thought once opened the pen had to be used within 30 days. If you buy a 5mg pen and use it to extract 2.5 then you will be using it far longer. I obviously can't tell people what to do but this is a prescribed medication and I know I wouldn't be messing with the guidelines. I love this thread for support but I have to say I really don't agree with extracting doses and using the pens longer than they should be used for. I won't mention it again but I do know it makes me feel very uneasy.

@EVK well you're not supposed to use it past 30 days that's the recommendation but I'm reading lots of stuff on Reddit where people have without issue. I'm undecided at the moment.My natural logic is asking what on earth happens to the pen in the fridge overnight at 30 days precisely? Interested on others thoughts on this too.

Hi all, glad I found this, just finished my first week on Mounjaro and apart from the sulphur burps (wtf ) side effects have been fine, took my second injection last night.

Maybe not using it on day 31 but if you plan to use it for 50 days rather than 30 then I guess there might be degradation of the active ingredients and contamination.

@ApolloandDaphne I agree - I wasn't actually planning on using the pen past it's shelf life and understand there will be waste if I decide not to give myself the full dose. 30 days still allows for 5 doses rather than 4 anyway. My ordering rationale was based on both the 2.5mg and 5mg pens costing the same so I just wanted to give myself some flexibility in the coming weeks given the extreme side effects I've been getting on 2.5mgs. I really only want to take the smallest dose I can get away with to be successful at controlling my eating and accept pen wastage as being part of my journey.

@EVK officially no you’re not meant to go past the 30 days but if you read on Reddit and posts on here, people do.

I will be for example. On my second pen, as Iv ordered 5mg and may do 2.5mg from it for the first 2 weeks if suppression is still strong.

I will also be ordering the 7.5mg and taking 5mg from it to make it last longer too if it works well with the 5mg pen.

Maybe the active ingredient won’t work as well but it will only be my suppression that’s not where it should be and il live and learn if that happens.

Just because other people do it doesn't mean it's safe though. I don't really hold with herd mentality. Anyway enough from me. I might have to just not join the next thread if it's full of people contradicting the medical advice. That just not for me.

We can all do what we like. No one should be made to feel like they will get told off because others don’t agree.
We can all read the MJ instructions and make our own choices.

Listened to several podcasts where USA Drs are concerned that the doses prescribed are far too high and MJ can be effective without need to increase dose regularly. Therefore if I am still getting appetite suppression I am going to stick to the 2.5mg dose but get a 5mg pen. Can’t see any reason not to use it for 5/6 injections if still effective.
It's a drug where the the aim of the pharmaceutical company is to maximise profit, I can’t believe in the USA, they have to pay 10 times what we are exactly the same medication.

@Fizzleaway1 I haven't told off anyone. I have said what i think but in no way am i saying others shouldn't do what they want. I am saying it makes me feel uneasy and i might not want to be around that. I don't want to cause offence and i will say no more on the subject. As you were people.

I'm w2d3 and was up three times in the night last night with diarrhoea. It was Tuesday night last week that I was dizzy with stomach issues so wonder if it's going to be a regular thing. Hope not I have a work thing that I want to be on form for today and meant to be on a train later!
My suppression is pretty good on 2.5mg and I'd like to not go any higher if I can, will see how I am next week when I reorder

I speak to a women from the USA taking MJ and it’s so dear over there!

Just to clarify my comments about getting a 5 pen with the potential to flex the dosage were not intended to save money and use the pen beyond the 30 days, but to have the option to do say a 3.75 dose.

I have been looking on mounj.co.uk, the price comparison site. What is the TP score? Does anyone know?

Trust pilot score 😊

I think you’ve spoken out courageously and reasonably, and no one will disrespect your view. I really hope you stay with the group. But I too am a little bit cynical about the messaging of the pharmaceutical companies and their distributors on this subject. At the end of the day, they have a commodity to sell and shareholders to keep happy. From the consumer standpoint, we’re buying about 30ml of a drug for a high price, and I want to get maximum value from it. At a very minimum, I don’t intend wasting the '5th dose'. At these prices, I hate the idea of throwing the stuff away. Whether the 30 day guideline is a real limit, is a trickier subject though. I just don’t know if it deteriorates, and at what rate. Has to be worth researching though. If it’s safe and effective to titrate up to an interim dose, say 3.75, and get another couple of weeks of use from the pen, it has to be thought about. But it’s a really personal decision, and not one I’d take lightly.

Hello, does anyone know how to use the golden dose, and which needles to order to extract and inject with? Thankyou

I agree, I'm planning on sticking with the 4 doses as per the instructions. Medications are licenced to be used with specific dosage instructions and tweaking to get an extra dose etc just isn't for me. Obviously everyone is free to make their own decisions!

Yes in the US I’m told they start on 5mg.

Had my first 5mg injection yesterday and wow the suppression is strong. Grabbed a protein shake for breakfast as couldn’t face actually eating anything - it’s taken me two hours so far and I’m still not finished it!
Haven’t really had any side effects apart from two occasions where I’ve eaten rich/greasy food and have felt ill the next day. I’m kind of hoping that trains my brain to just avoid those sort of foods completely in future.

I start 5mg next week @AlwaysReadyForABlether and really hoping for some more suppression. 2.5mg is getting less effective for me - I'm permanently hungry right now and pretty much relying on willpower. Which isn't a terrible thing tbh but would love a bit more assistance!

W2 D7 - so injection day! Also weigh day!

SW: 15st 13.1lbs
CW: 15st 5lbs

So 8lbs lost in total and 3lbs this week. Very happy with that!

Still getting subtle suppression, such as being able to go longer between meals without thinking about food or snacking constantly! Still getting hungry at meal times but have had the headspace to choose healthy options. Have been eating pretty much the same meals (my meals were always pretty healthy, it was the snacks which got me!). And I’ve ditched the booze. Tried a small glass of wine at the weekend just to see how I reacted, first drink in 3 weeks, and I got a headache immediately and felt very sickly when I ate my tea an hour later. So it’s not for me, not too bothered about it either!

Continued my usual exercise routine of 2 gym classes and 1-2 runs per week, plus walking to do the nursery run instead of driving (weather dependent!). It’s been nice to see my gym tops getting a bit looser!

Think I’ll stay on 2.5mg as I’m liking these effects as they aren’t too strong, but just enough for me to notice and I still feel like I’m practicing my willpower as still get the odd craving and the last few days before injection day this increases. It honestly feels like I’m eating to live right now, and not living to eat - which I know is what I was doing before! Such a strange feeling!

@HappyPoster have you decided what you are going to do?

Thank you for all the encouragement everyone!

I think I'll do mine tomorrow so if I have any reaction I can move it to Friday the following week... But I might do it tonight!