About to order - newbie questions

[Tryinghard19]

I want to bite the bullet and give this a go, tired of being nervous about side effects as I’m anxious about doctors and hospitals - I want to be slim so I’m going to give it a go!

I have some questions please

1. best companies to sue with good support that don’t hassle you do increase doses often.
2. Best day of the week to start taking it, I ah e to go into the office to work Tuesdays and Friday so what to avoid side effects as much as possible
3. Is it best to start lifting weights and exercising as soon as starting, I want this to work so desperately, nearly 30 years of being overweight, I’ve had enough. I want to lose 5 stone x

thanks

Not everyone gets noticeable side effects. For the ones who do this side effects are often intermittent and short lived.

I'm diabetic so prescribed mounjaro by my diabetes nurse via my GP so can't recommend a private route.

I'm now on 10mg injections having gone up by stages. Appetite suppression is good without being overwhelming. 14.5kg down over 13 weeks. Still got a long way to go but this feels sustainable.

It's the world's smallest injection with easy to follow instructions.

I inject on a Thursday night so that I can be sure of good appetite suppression over the weekend.

I use Oushk and I thought their service was excellent. I have had to contact them re side effects and they were very supportive.
Have a look at the posts on these boards as they’re supportive and full of useful advice.
I’d recommend making sure you drink loads of water. I personally wished I’d stayed on a lower dose for longer as my suppression was good still.
I took my dose on a Sunday. My side effects tended to appear mid week.
Exercise and healthy eating is key so yes I’d start exercising straight away.

Start on a Friday as soon as you get back from work so your day of lost fatigue or side effects likely Saturday-Monday.

Have a look at monj co uk for prices. I use med express but there are many others

1. I have recently moved to Oushk as I am past the bmi 30 cut off having been on it since October and down to 11st 8lbs bmi 28.5, they have really good support and haven't hassled me at all to order next pen, I last ordered 19th Feb for delivery 1st march. You can choose delivery date in advance so it's ideal for me working full time. They have consultations and a great website, also a Facebook support group. They have great maintenance plans too which is why I've moved to them. Best website for up to date prices and offers is www.monj.co.uk and you can compare registered UK pharmacies.
2. It might be best to jab Friday after work as the highest levels in body will be the few days after jabbing and that way it will give you a few days to rest and recover if you react. I've had no side effects in 4.5 months other than after half a meatball pizza, I've since had half a chicken pizza and been fine So it must've been the meatballs. Fatty greasy fried foods affect some people, as does alcohol and red meat, but not everyone reacts.
3. Weights and exercise is always great to avoid muscle loss on a diet, if you focus on protein, and less carbs, you should be able to maintain muscles or limit muscle loss but it is common in dieting and fat loss. You could try collagen, I add a multi collagen powder to my coffee. Slow fat loss is better for limiting hair and muscle loss and skin sagging. I've found I'm quite tired as I commute and work 11-12hr days 5 days a weeks so not started exercise yet but will soon.

Make sure you drink 2-3 litres of water a day and calculate your calorie intake for deficit, I under eat often which doesn't help my energy levels and noticed hair loss recently, and eating more has helped.

Best companies to sue with good support that don’t hassle you do increase doses often.

Have a look at the list of companies on https://monj.co.uk/discount-mounjaro-price-list/ . They are all registered with the GPhC. Some companies do a subscription model where they automatically send out the next prescription and expect you to move up to the next dose, unless you actively tell them otherwise. Most don't, and just send you reminder emails to ask if you want to order again and they will ask what dose you want. All providers should respond to email/message queries within 2 to 3 days, many have phone lines as well. There's a column on the linked table that indicates if a company does additional support and/or has a subscription based model.

Best day of the week to start taking it, I ah e to go into the office to work Tuesdays and Friday so what to avoid side effects as much as possible

Side effects are not predictable and don't happen immediately after taking the medication, although the amount of medication in your system will peak after about 8 to 72 hours after taking a dose. For your timings, I might do the injection on Friday evening, as the medication will have peaked and be wearing off by Tuesday.

Is it best to start lifting weights and exercising as soon as starting

Probably. It's a good idea to incorporate some strength training in general, and to increase your physical activity.

Yes I would inject Friday evening in your shoes.

Good luck!

Thanks so much everyone! I was thinking Friday night so I hopefully have good suppression for the weekends which we all know can be harder.

I already take collagen and drink 2.5-3 litres a day. I’d been doing Herbalife but with two meals and two snacks a day via a club, but I need the food noise to go and I think I should hopefully crack this once and for all x

your replies are really helpful thank you. Will look at the Oushk now

I've used oushk for months & had no complaints but am now looking to switch as they've made their packaging fancy/branded & my kids asked what was in the package for the first time ever (obviously looks interesting now!). Something to bear in mind if discreet packaging is important to you.

I would agree with jagging the day before a day you have least on - I'm always exhausted the day after.

Hope it works out well for you

update - I’ve just ordered from Oushk and chosen Thursday as the delivery date. I had to declare one medical condition (no meds required for that) and it says it has to be reviewed now. Does this usually take very long does anyone know? Thanks

It was a very quick turn around for me. Maybe a day or less to process, I ordered Sunday and was approved Monday. But I selected Saturday for my delivery day. In case you weren't aware they offer royal mail and DPD. I didn't know the delivery option had a drop down box so I emailed them to change to DPD. Hope you too advantage of a welcome discount of £30 off from www.monj.co.uk

I did thank you and chose dpd x monj said free delivery I thought but it wasn’t it was £6.99 x

No it says 6.99 it's at the right hand side of table. Hope it goes well for you!

Oh yes my mistake thanks

Yes I know, but some won't prescribe to a lower bmi even if they've been on it before and have proof. My point was oushk does allow it and has maintenance plans