Has anyone had a good result with mounjaro?

[Marinamay44]

I thought it would be so different to what I have experienced. I thought that I would be less hungry and that I would feel fuller for longer.

Three weeks in on 2.5, I have been just as hungry as I have always been. I have felt no appetite suppresant effect at all. The only thing it's done for me are bad things: it has given me nausea and diarrohea.

I didn't think it would be like this. It is such an expensive drug too.

Boots says about Mounjaro clearly on it's website:

"HELPING TO REDUCE APPETITE"

There’s been some very strange threads started on here in the last few days.

Anyway, yes, I’ve had wonderful results. Started in October, I’ve lost 7st 7lbs. No side effects. Feel great. Looking forward to being on it for life. Big up Big Pharma!

What dose are you on?

I’ve done 4 weeks and lost 5kg. Very happy. Definitely suppressing appetite and also really putting me off booze. I just don’t fancy it. I’m sticking with 2.5.

And OP the key word in the marketing material is CAN. That’s not the same as WILL.

You are lucky you had no side effects. So many people on here have.

It also says that 2.5mg is not a therapeutic dose and that many people won’t feel any effects until a higher dose.

Ffs read the thread. I put up another advert since the "can" advert.

BOOTS , one of the leading chemists in the UK say on their website about mounjaro

'Mounjaro helps to reduce appetite"

Online articles have not gone through the rigorous process of approval by heath regulators based on clinical trials. So it’s not lies.

This is what you should be reading:

https://mounjaro.lilly.com/assets/pdf/patient-experience-brochure.pdf

‘Mounjaro lowers A1C’
’Mounjaro is not a weight loss drug’

From the Diabetes UK website:

This medication works by activating two receptors called GLP-1 and GIP to increase the level of incretins – hormones - in the body.

It works by helping your body to produce more insulin when needed. It also reduces the amount of glucose, or sugar, produced by the liver, and slows down how quickly food is digested. This all helps to lower blood sugar levels and HbA1C

To be honest you just sound bitter that it’s not working for you. All of the literature is clear that a) many people don’t feel the effects until a higher dose and b) for some people it doesn’t work at all. If you think those things didn’t apply to you then that’s on you.

Confused

Saying starting at 2.5 is too low and do e to squeeze more money out of people and in the same breath complaining about the horrible side effects you had….on the lowest dose!

It is low to get you used to it. Imagine how crap you would feel on a higher dose!

Yes I am replying to the poster who said that mounjaro is not marketed as an appetite suppressant at all.

That is a load of bullshit ,as Mounjaro is marketed as an appetite suppressant absolutely everywhere, including on Boots online pharmacy.

no….its for your body to acclimate to the drug. i am on 7.5 with no issues having built up to it. i did not get suppression until this dose. i went away for 3 weeks and didn’t take it. Since i had felt. thing on the lower doses I just started back on 7.5. OMG, vomiting and nausea like I have never experienced. I go down to 2.5 next week.

You are just not understanding that although Boots etc say it's an appetite suppressant if you go to the direct source ie the makers of Mounjaro it does not actually say this (which another poster has also quoted off the Eli Lilly website).
This is the difference, when undertaking evidence based research of using primary or secondary sources.

Hence my earlier post saying it doesn't look like you've undertaken any research into how the drug works. Not a criticism, just how it appears.

@HansHolbeinYes, I’d noticed the same thing.

Some strange new posters within long running threads too. Maybe people have lots of free time to fill because they aren't snacking 🤷🏻‍♀️

I stayed on 2.5 for three months and lost 2 stone on it. I’m bloody glad they have the dosing schedule that they do! I’m now 7 stone down and on 10mg, started in October.
However I echo the above posters - 2.5 mg isn’t supposed to do anything but get you used to it. Think of it as a weekly injection in preparation for the proper meds when you move up. You have to be patient when you start - and try and escape your view of it as a wonder drug. Yes, it’s been absolutely incredible for me, but it comes at a price and for me it’s the nausea.

Thank you! OP does not seem to recognise the difference between the maker's marketing of the product, and what outlets choose to do or write.

But sure, she's done loads of research!

And the lowest dose is all a con, but also it gave her the squits. Make your mind up!

It acts by increasing satiety so making you feel fuller quickly, so then you eat less volume of food, almost feels like a smaller stomach. Suppression is a side effect that not everyone has.
For me, I didn't feel much until 5mg but then I was prediabetic and insulin resistant from a young age so needed the higher dose. I'm now at bmi 25.3 and been on it 9 months now and never had side effects other than strong suppression and nausea at some doses starting off and feeling cold.
As for GI side effects like diarrhoea and constipation and sulphur burps, a lot of this is food related. Try to avoid greasy, fatty food and heavy carbs. Drinking lots of water will really help with side effects.
Are you insulin resistant or have pcos or underactive thyroid? If so you will probably need a higher dose. One of my friends didn't have suppression on lower doses but found she didn't want to snack anymore and could eat less, she did have some suppression but as it was mild, she never realised that's what it was. People say its like feeling pregnant. I'd recommend going up a dose when you can and jabbing in the stomach which is often mentioned for giving stronger suppression.

I’ve been on it for 6 weeks. I’ve had absolutely no side effects and very little suppression so far (am about to go up to 5mg) but I have been working hard at eating healthy foods and I do think MJ has helped me not pick at rubbish inbetween meals. I don’t “obsess” about food as much. But I could still easily eat a huge meal. My appetite is very much still there. I’ve lost 18 lbs so far. I’m hoping I don’t get ridiculous amounts of appetite suppression - I think having to do some of the work is good and means you lose weight from new, healthier habits rather than just not eating enough because you feel full.
I think perhaps you followed too many miraculous big losers on social media rather than doing proper research.

2.5mg is not "extremely low" for everyone, it is very individual. I lost something like 5kg in a month on 2.5 before moving up to 5mg. I have never gone any higher than 5mg and I have lost 20% of my weight in 5 months and reached my goal. I am back on 2.5 now for maintenance and am maintaining the same weight on that. It's different for everyone. Same for side effects, of which I have had none apart from a bit of constipation. It's not a sinister plot.

That is not what i was saying though.

I was replying to the poster that said that mounjaro is not marketed as an appetite suppresant at all.

I pointed out that Mounjaro is being marketed as an appetite suppressant in leading pharmacies in England. Most people trust pharmacies.
They won't go and read the Eli Lily website.

So as you are saying:
Eli Lily do not say Mounjaro is a weight loss drug at all,

Are we being scammed by the U.K. pharmacies then, who are marketing it as a weight loss drug?

There are quite a number of drugs which are prescribed, sometimes off-label, for conditions which are not the one/s they are licenced for, its not uncommon at all and its not a "scam".

Are we being scammed by the U.K. pharmacies then, who are marketing it as a weight loss drug?

No not in the slightest as many people are very successfully losing weight on Mounjaro, me included.

You only have to read on this board the 10stone and 5stone to lose threads and hear others and their experiences.

I lost weight on2.5mg and moved up to 5mg and am now on my second pen. This dose is currently working well for me and I will not move up until I feel I have to. I also have friends who have moved up the doses and then moved back to 7.5mg as they feel this is the better dose for them.

Similarly there are other threads talking about side effects. Unfortunately, there are many common side effects of the drug. I experience constipation but can deal with that. For some the effects may be too strong and they may decide this is not for them.

However, most drugs can cause side effects and it is a balance of what is right, or not, for the individual.

People are going round in circles and you are not making any sense.

So how come when I wrote on here that i thought Mounjaro was an appetite suppressant, i was told that i was a fool for believing secondary sources (pharmacies) and that I should go and look at the primary source Eli Lily.
Posters wrote that Eli Lily do not say the drug is for weight loss, and that I should not have believed what the pharmacies said (That it is for weight loss)

Maybe update your side effects to nausea, diarrhoea & hangry